Tennessee Jail Seizure Death Claims Survive Dismissal; Physician Claims Dismissed for No Deliberate Indifference Allegations by Mark Wilson A Tennessee federal court dismissed deliberate indifference claims against a jail doctor for a prisoner's seizure death, absent allegations of his personal involvement or awareness. The court refused to dismiss claims brought …
Tennessee Prison’s Body Scanner Mothballed Due to Violations by After a spat of bad publicity from contraband cellphones becoming prolific inside its prisons, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) spent $118,750 on a body scanner to use at its Riverbend prison. However, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) …
Sixth Circuit Vacates Denial of Qualified Immunity; Each Defendant’s Conduct Must be Individually Evaluated by Mark Wilson The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a district court’s denial of qualified immunity because an individualized inquiry into the defendants’ role during an illegal body cavity search was not conducted. Felix …
Private Contractor Makes Millions Off GPS Trackers for Immigrants by By Eileen Townsend, Memphis Flyer Nearly 200 undocumented Memphians wear GPS tracking bracelets as a part of a controversial immigration program. Sofia Gonzales* had just gotten off a long shift at her weekend job when we met for coffee on a …
TN Attorney General Says Public Records Act Requires Disclosure After Redaction of Exempt Portions of Records by In September, 1998, the Tennessee Attorney General issued its opinion regarding the disclosure of records after redaction of legally exempt parts of the document, without any balancing of interests before disclosure. The AG …
$12,000 Settlement for Treatment at CCA Prison by Corrections Corporation of America paid $12,000 to settle a lawsuit by a prisoner Johnny A. Walsh for claims related to his treatment at the Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. The October 2005 confidential settlement was obtained via public records request by PLN. …
$4,000 Settlement in Assault at CCA Prison by Corrections Corporation of America paid $4,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the Shelby Training Center in Tennessee assaulted a juvenile, Brandon D. Jones. The April 2006 confidential settlement was obtained via public records request by PLN. The complaint was …
Tennessee Woman Award $71,343 in Attorney Fees in Public Records Suit by A Tennessee Appeals Court awarded $71,343 in attorney fees to a woman who brought suit to obtain public records. Rebecca Little sought records about sewer and other improvements the city of Chattanooga annexed in 1972. The Hamilton County …
Grae v. CoreCivic, TN, Complaint, Securities Fraud, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) NIKKI BOLLINGER GRAE, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION …
$528,858 Federal Jury Award Against BOP in Racial Discrimination Case by On December 7, 2000, a federal jury awarded former federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee Debbie E. Tickle $114,000 for loss of wages and $300,000 for emotional pain a suffering in a racial discrimination lawsuit she brought pursuant to …
Corizon Medical Group Insurance Declaration, Lexington Insurance Company, 2014 LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES: 100 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON, MA 02110-2103 (A Capital Stock Insurance Company) MEDICAL GROUP PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY - OCCURRENCE MEDICAL GROUP ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS – OCCURRENCE DECLARATIONS Various provisions in the General Policy Provisions and Conditions and …
Twisted Tennessee Coroner Had No Training and Violent Past by David Reutter In the wake of his resignation as a Tennessee coroner, it was uncovered that Terry Jarnigan had no medical training and was previously convicted of violent crimes. Just a short time after his civil rights were restored in …
DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors by Joe Watson Nicole Harris, Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown have lived through their own nightmares of injustice. All three were wrongfully convicted of the heinous murders of children. Combined, they spent nearly 70 years in prison …
CCA Annual Shareholder Meeting Met by Protestors by This year, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison company, held its annual shareholder meeting on May 12, 2016. The meeting took place at CCA’s swank corporate office near the upscale Green Hills area of Nashville, Tennessee; the firm …
BOP Pays $12,773 to Settle Negligence Suit by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $12,773.46 to settle a lawsuit claiming injuries incurred during an accident involving a BOP vehicle. Beverly Oliver was a passenger in a vehicle stopped at an intersection on January 31, 1995, in Memphis, Tennessee, when it …
Blind Vendors Have Priority in Tennessee Law; Law Applicable to Jails and Prisons by A Tennessee Court of Appeals held state law requires that blind vendors be given “priority in the establishment and operation of vending facilities on public property in this state.” The holding affirms a trial court’s decision …
Tennessee Public Records Attorney Fee Award Excludes Pro Se Work by The Tennessee Court of Appeals at Jackson held a litigant is entitled to the award of attorney fees and costs under the Tennessee Public Records Act (TPRA) if the defendant willfully refused to disclose the requested records. The Court, …
Technical Proposal - TN DOC, Corizon, 2012 Sealed proposals will be received until 2:00 p.m., November 8, 2012 105 Westpark Drive, Suite 200 Brentwood, TN 37027 www.corizonhealth.com Tennessee Department of Correction Proposal Response Health Services Request for Proposal (RFP) # 32901‐31158 Sealed Proposals will be received until: 2:00 p.m., November …
Peatross v. City of Memphis, TN, Motion to Compel Discovery, Improper Use of Deadly Force, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRCIT OF TENNESSEE WESTERND DIVISION ______________________________________________________________________________ SCOTT B. PEATROSS as Administrator ad Litem for the Estate of ANJUSTINE A. HUNTER VANTERPOOL, Deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Docket …
Peatross v. City of Memphis, TN, Memo in Support of Motion to Compel Discovery, Improper Use of Deadly Force, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRCIT OF TENNESSEE WESTERN DIVISION SCOTT B. PEATROSS as Administrator ad Litem for the Estate of ANJUSTINE A. HUNTER VANTERPOOL, Deceased, …
