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Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Exonerated Florida Man Receives $1.25 Million by Exonerated Florida Man Receives $1.25 Million Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed an executive order on May 6, 2008, that awards Alan Crotzer $1.25 million for the 24 years he spent in prison for a rape and kidnapping conviction he did not commit. Crotzer …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
$290,000 Award for New York Prisoner’s Slip and Fall on Ice by On December 4, 2007, a New York Court of Claims awarded a former prisoner $290,000 for injuries he received when he slipped and fell on ice at a New York state prison. In January 2001, Gene Sullivan was …
$13.5 Million Florida Jail Strip Search Settlement by Florida’s Broward County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $13.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it illegally strip searched prisoners charged with minor offenses. The settlement ends a class action filed in state court in 2002. Under the settlement, each class …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
$145,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Who Falls While Cutting Wet Grass by $145,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Who Falls While Cutting Wet Grass A New York Court of Claims has awarded $145,000 in damages to a prisoner who slipped and fell on wet grass while mowing a hilly …
Fondled Hawaiian Transexual Prisoner Awarded $817,500 in Damages and Attorney Fees by Matthew Clarke Fondled Hawaiian Transexual Prisoner Awarded $817,500 in Damages and Attorney Fees by Matt Clarke On March 18, 2008, Hawaiian First Circuit Court Judge Sabrina S. McKenna awarded a pre-operative transgendered prisoner who had been sexually abused …
TASER International’s Stock Shocked By $6.2 Million Damages Award by John Dannenberg TASER International’s Stock Shocked By $6.2 Million Damages Award by John E. Dannenberg The stock of TASER International, Inc. tanked by 11% to $6.13 per share on June 9, 2008 when three days earlier a federal jury in …
Michigan Jail Pays $145,000 for Vindictively Exhibiting Naked Detainees in Segregation Cell by Michigan Jail Pays $145,000 for Vindictively Exhibiting Naked Detainees in Segregation Cell Four former male and female pre-trial detainees sued the Saginaw County, Michigan jail for an outrageous disciplinary policy that forced them to sit in a …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Bill Introduced to Exempt Wrongfully Convicted from Federal Income Taxes by Bill Introduced to Exempt Wrongfully Convicted from Federal Income Taxes On December 6, 2007, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Sam Brown (R-KS) introduced a bill to exempt wrongfully convicted former prisoners from having to pay federal income …
Sixth Circuit: $4.5 Million Award Upheld Against Michigan DOC Doctor in Dehydration Death of Mentally Ill Prisoner by John Dannenberg Sixth Circuit: $4.5 Million Award Upheld Against Michigan DOC Doctor in Dehydration Death of Mentally Ill Prisoner by John E. Dannenberg The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Ten Michigan Lawyers Honored For 8-Year Effort To Win $30 Million Damages For 10 Women Prisoners’ Sexual Abuse By Prison Guards by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Ten Michigan attorneys were awarded two different awards by two national attorney professional associations. The attorneys received the National Lawyers Guilds’ coveted …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
$305,021 Awarded to Missouri Prisoner Struck by Tree; State Legislature Takes Note by Brandon Sample $305,021 Awarded to Missouri Prisoner Struck by Tree; State Legislature Takes Note by Brandon Sample A Missouri prisoner was awarded $305,021 after being struck by a tree. In February 2000, Hortense Cain, a female prisoner …
Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008
New York Prisoner Awarded $21,500 for Finger Injury by On September 13, 2007, a court of claims in Syracuse, New York, awarded $12,500 to a state prisoner for pain and suffering related to a broken finger. While imprisoned at the Oneida Correctional Facility on October 24, 2001, state prisoner Patrick …
Millions Paid in Mississippi Jail Deaths; Ten Guards Sentenced for Abuses; Corruption Continues by Bob Williams “The house always wins,” Warden Don Cabana proclaimed to the Sun Herald, a Mississippi newspaper, in July 2007. However, Harrison County, home of the Harrison County Adult Detention Center (ADC), has agreed to pay …
Illinois State Prison Guard's Release From DOC For Perjury Regarding Prisoner Beatings Affirmed by Former Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Frank Moran appealed a court affirmation of his release from employment by the Illinois Civil Service Commission (CSC) for committing grand jury perjury. The judgment was affirmed. Moran lied …
Article • August 15, 2008
Citizenship Not Required for Damages Award by The court erroneously instructed the jury that the plaintiff had to be an American citizen to recover; the court vacates the jury verdict to avoid the "appearance of prejudice." However, the court directs entry of judgment as a matter of law against the …
Article • August 15, 2008
$45,000 Damage Award to Traveler Detained in San Francisco Airport by The plaintiff was awarded $45,000 in compensatory and punitive damages against federal customs inspectors for unlawful detention at an airport on suspicion of drug smuggling. The plaintiff lacks standing to seek injunctive relief since she is not likely to …
Article • August 15, 2008
Local and State Legislators Entitled to Immunity by Local legislators, like state legislators, are absolutely immune from suit under 1983 for their "legislative activity." Although the distinction is not made completely clear, apparently this holding applies to personal liability for damages; injunctive claims are not mentioned. Whether an activity is …
Claims by Beaten Indiana Jail Prisoner Upheld; Guard’s Indemnification Claim Denied by The plaintiff said he was beaten by guards; the defendants said he was beaten by one officer, who was fired and recommended for criminal investigation. He was allegedly unruly, was gassed with pepper spray and then strapped into …
ADA Valid Exercise of Congressional Authority by The Americans with Disabilities Act is not invalid under the Eleventh Amendment because it is a proper exercise of Congress's authority under 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Unlike the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the legislative record of which lacked examples of modern instances …
$3 in Damages, $1,920 in Costs Awarded to Stabbed, Disabled Prisoner by The plaintiff, a paraplegic, alleged that he was assaulted and stabbed by another prisoner with staff complicity. The jury found that a defendant had conspired to violate the Eighth Amendment and awarded $1.00 nominal, $1.00 compensatory and $1.00 …
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