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Article • May 15, 2007
Jail Immune in Alcohol Withdrawal Death by The decedent was arrested for DUI and died in jail about 18 hours later. An autopsy found that he died from an arrhythmia resulting from an electrolyte imbalance caused by fatty liver. The court assumes that alcohol withdrawal is a serious medical need, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Mentally Ill Prisoner's Dehydration Death Disputed by The decedent, held in a prison mental health unit, died of severe dehydration after the water to his cell was turned off as a response to his flooding his cell believing that he smelled smoke. Four days later he was sent to an …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Liability for Heart Attack Death of MI Jail Detainee by The decedent arrestee complained of chest pains, but jail staff allegedly delayed five hours getting him to a hospital, where he died 12 hours later. The plaintiff's death did not establish a serious medical need. In cases of delay, …
TN Chancery Court Must Award Reasonable, Rather Than All, Costs and Fees to Winner in Public Records by TN Chancery Court Must Award Reasonable, Rather Than All, Costs and Fees to Winner in Public Records Act Cases The Pollow family settled a civil rights action against police in Memphis, Tennessee …
Article • May 15, 2007
Medical Defendant Must be Served Personally by A jury returned a plaintiff's verdict in a deliberate indifference and medical malpractice case in which the victim of malpractice died of sickle cell anemia. However, one of the doctors was never personally served. Under state and federal law, service may be made …
Scott v. DC, Settlement, Magbie jail death quadriplegic, 2007 .-. GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Office of the Corporation Counsel Generaluugarion Division ORDERED: lbat, pursuant to authority of Mayor's Order No. 88-238 the claim and lawsuit of Mary Scott, Social Security Number I iudi .dually and as personal representative …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Maricopa County, Arizona, Abandons Restraint Chairs Following Deaths, Multimillion Dollar Payouts by Michael Rigby After three prisoner fatalities and two wrongful death payouts totaling $17.25 million, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, has finally discontinued the use of restraint chairs in county jails. On August 21, 2006, Arpaio told …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Georgia County Pays $5.1 Million for Community Service Turned Deadly by Michael Rigby On August 21, 2006, a Georgia state court awarded $5.1 Million to the family of a college student who was killed when he fell from a DeKalb County garbage truck while performing community service. Vince Currid, 22, …
Publication • March 1, 2007
Legal Medicine - Restraint Asphyxia in In-custody Deaths Legal Medicine 9 (2007) 88–93 www.elsevier.com/locate/legalmed Restraint asphyxia in in-custody deaths Medical examiner’s role in prevention of deaths Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran a a,* , Christopher Rogers a, Thomas T. Noguchi b Office of Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner, County of Los Angeles, Department of Coroner, …
No Qualified Immunity for Michigan Prisoner’s Heat-Dehydration Death by No Qualified Immunity for Michigan Prisoner's Heat-Dehydration Death The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of qualified immunity to eleven prison officials in the isolation, dehydration and death of a Michigan prisoner. A "heat alert" was issued for Ionia …
Still More Murder and Mayhem in Maryland by Michael Rigby "Lock them up and throw away the key." Like the rest of the nation, this overriding penal philosophy in Maryland has led to a criminal justice system that is defunct at every level. The state's adult prisons are "in crisis." …
New York’s Prison System Infested With Drugs by David Reutter New York's Prison System Infested With Drugs by David M. Reutter The most glaring result of America's war on drugs has been the explosion of the nation?s prison population. Over 75 percent of all prisoners are either doing time for …
$400,000 Wrongful Death Settlement After San Diego Jailers Hog-Tied Prisoner by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The County of San Diego, California agreed in September 2006 to pay $400,000 to settle an excessive-force wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a prisoner who died on February 2, 2001 in …
Family of Texas Prisoner Murdered in Geo-Operated Prison Awarded $47.5 Million by Michael Rigby On September 15, 2006, a jury in Willacy County, Texas awarded $47.5 million to the family of a prisoner who was murdered at a private prison operated by the Geo Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections). The Florida-based …
Texas Supreme Court: Non-Suit Deprives Appeals Court of Jurisdiction by The Supreme Court of Texas held that a plaintiff?s filing non-suit while an appeal was pending deprived the court of appeals of jurisdiction and any authority to enter an order, holding or opinion. Darla Blackmon, a Texas state prisoner, died …
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Damage Award in Psychiatrist’s Strangling Death by Eleventh Circuit Affirms Damage Award in Psychiatrist's Strangling Death The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury's verdict awarding a psychiatrist's widow $1.3 million judgment against Florida's Collier County Sheriff. PLN previously reported this verdict, which was predicated …
Violent Oregon Prisoner Murders Cellmate; County Points Fingers; Family Sues by By all accounts, 22-year-old Thomas Allen Tommy Gordon is an extremely dangerous man. In 2001 he fatally shot his friend, Dylan Beck, in the back of the head while they were driving in Vancouver, Washington. While awaiting trial Gordon …
Virginia Jail Disgraceful by Gary Hunter Richmond City Jail is in such bad shape newly elected Sheriff C.T. Woody called it a ...disaster. I knew it was bad, but I had no idea it was that bad, he said. On January 4, 2006 a report was issued detailing the deficiencies …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Deplorable Delaware Prisoner Health Care; Another Prisoner Death Results by by David M. Reutter Despite mainstream media pressure, public outcry, and a federal investigation, the Delaware Department of Corrections (DDOC) continues to keep its head in the sand about prisoner health care. Not surprisingly, it has resulted in another prisoner's …
Wisconsin Prison Psychiatrists License Suspended After Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Wisconsin Prison Psychiatrists License Suspended After Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Yoges Pareek, had his medical license suspended by the Wisconsin Examining Board in October 2005. Pareek is a former psychiatrist at the Waupun Correctional Institution (WCT). He was …
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