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Brief • November 8, 2006
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Deposition - Karch, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2006 karch UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 5 6 BETTY LOU HESTON, individually, and ROBERT H. HESTON, individually and as the personal representatives of ROBERT C. HESTON, deceased, 7 …
Brief • October 25, 2006
Goena v Alameida, CA, Judgment, wrongful death medical neglect, 2006 Ca?e 1:04-cv-06546-0WW-SMS Document 70 Filed 10/25/2006 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE FRANCES GOENA, ET AL., CASE NO: 1:04-CV-06546-0WW-SMS v. EDWARD S ALAMEIDA JR, ET AL., xx - Decision …
Board of Commissioners Clears PHS In Three Leon County (Florida) Jail Deaths by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg After three jail deaths between May 2003 and October 2004, the Leon County Board of Commissioners met to consider the Sheriff's reports on the three deaths and any implications regarding the …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Los Angeles County Pays $110,000 for Wrongful Jail Death by Los Angeles County settled a lawsuit for the wrongful death of Julius Gray in the North County Correctional Facility on November 21, 1998. Gray, jailed for corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, died from a ruptured aneurysm, according to …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Verdic by Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Verdict; Settles for $6.5 Million In a 6-3 decision, the Washington Supreme Court reaffirmed its earlier holdings that the state may be held liable …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Texas Jail Suicide Suit Settles For $300,000 by In December 2005 Nueces County, Texas, agreed to pay $300,000 to settle with a woman whose husband committed suicide in the county's jail. In 1995, while imprisoned in the Nueces County Jail in Corpus Christi, Texas, Jose Orlando Sanchez-Ortiz committed suicide. His …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
$1.35 Million Settlement for Wrongful Death of Illinois Prisoner by On March 17, 2005, Cook County, Illinois, agreed to pay $1.35 million to the surviving son of a woman who died in a county jail after she was denied medical attention. Marilyn Bones, 37, was arrested on August 14, 2000, …
L.A. County Pays $300,000 for Wrongful Death of Psychiatric Jail Prisoner by Los Angeles County settled with the estate of a deceased prisoner who died in the County Jail from inadequate care for his known psychiatric needs. Darran Craig, 31, was arrested on January 13, 2004. On January 14, intake …
For-Profit Transportation Companies: Taking Prisoners, and the Public, for a Ride by Alex Friedmann According to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, as of June 2005 approximately 2.2 million people were incarcerated in prisons and jails nationwide not including immigration detention centers and …
$470,000 Paid in Pennsylvania Jail Prisoners Seizure Related Death by $470,000 Paid in Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner's Seizure Related Death The Estate of a Pennsylvania prisoner has settled its civil rights action alleging Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations for the wrongful death of Virginia Brejcak, 42, at the Bucks County Correctional …
Brief • August 24, 2006
McCoy v. TDCJ, TX, 3rd Amended Complaint, asthma death, 2006 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION L.J. MCCOY and ANTONIO V. THOMPSON Plaintiffs v. § § § § TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL § JUSTICE, BRAD LIVINGSTON, in his official § capacity as the Executive Director …
$769,000 Awarded For Death of Asthmatic Virginia Jail Prisoner by On May 11, 2005, a jury in Portsmouth City, Virginia, awarded $769,000 to the family of an asthmatic prisoner who died in the city jail due to inadequate medical care. While serving a five day sentence in the Portsmouth jail …
Michigan DOC Improperly Calculated Sentences and Released Prisoners; Officials Fired and Demoted by Gary Hunter Prisoner release procedures in the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) suffer from serious flaws, according to the Intake Processing Unit (IPU). The IPU undertook an audit and review of the way the DOC determined prisoner …
Problems Continue In Maryland Prisons and Jails by Michael Rigby A battle is raging in Maryland over how best to improve prison safety. Some advocate hiring more guards and medical personnel. Others want to expand prisoner rehabilitation services. Neither side seems to be considering the possibility that both are needed. …
$790,000 Settlement In Ulcer Death of Georgia Jail Prisoner by In November 2005, Dekalb County, Georgia, a private medical provider, and a local hospital agreed to pay a combined total of $790,000 to settle with the widow of a prisoner who died from a perforated ulcer. While imprisoned in the …
Brief • July 31, 2006
McCoy v. TDCJ, TX, Response Motion Summary Judgement, Asthma Death, 2006 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION L.J. MCCOY, et al. Plaintiffs v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, et al. Defendants ' ' ' ' ' ' ' CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-CV-370 PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO …
CCA Florida Jail Operations: An Experiment in Mismanagement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After being in business for twenty-three years, one would think that Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) would have refined the art of running prisons and jails. Yet an examination of CCA's three jails in Florida …
$9 Million Jury Award In Arizona County Jail Death by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A federal jury awarded $9 million to the family of a Scottsdale, Arizona prisoner who suffocated in a restraint chair in the Maricopa County Jail (MCJ) in 2001. Found negligent and liable were Sheriff …
Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Award by In a 6-3 decision, the Washington Supreme Court reaffirmed its earlier holdings that the state may be held liable for negligent supervision of offenders. However, the court vacated a $22.4 million verdict resulting from a 2000 …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
South Carolina Jury Awards $28.5 Million For Diabetic Jail Prisoners Death by South Carolina Jury Awards $28.5 Million For Diabetic Jail Prisoners Death A South Carolina jury has awarded $28.5 million to the family of a mentally ill diabetic man who died from insulin deficiency while imprisoned at the Sumter …
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