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Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005
Untreated Dental Infection Kills California Prisoner by A 41 year-old prisoner at the California State Prison (Solano) in Vacaville died six days after having a tooth extracted, when prison medical staff failed to treat his resulting infection. Anthony Shumake, sentenced to 12 years, 8 months in 2000, had an abscessed …
Concubine and Children Cannot Sue for Wrongful Death of Federal Prisoner by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a concubine and her children could not sue for damages resulting from the cancer death of federal prisoner Jose Miguel Ruiz. This action was brought under the Federal Tort …
New Jersey DOC Liable for Prisoner Death Caused by CMS by Robert Woodman by Robert H. Woodman The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, partly affirming a New Jersey prisoner's estate's suit, held that the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) could be held liable for the negligence of …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
PHS and Florida Sheriff Fight Over Liability in Jail Beating Death Suit by Florida's Second District Court of Appeals has reversed the grant of summary judgment to the Florida Association of Counties Trust (FACT) and the Sheriff of Polk County in a lawsuit seeking indemnification by Prison Health Services (PHS). …
Brief • March 4, 2005
Telder v. Coutny of Volusia, FL, Discovery Notice, Jail Suicide, 2005 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION TERRENCE JAMES TELDER as Personal Representative for the Estate of Eric Jon Telder, and on behalf of himself and survivors Tristyn Telder, Kendel Cheatham and …
Alabama Settles Class Action Medical Suit; Institutes HCV Treatment Protocol by John E Dannenberg Alabama Settles Class Action Medical Suit; Institutes HCV Treatment Protocol by John E. Dannenberg In a major milestone along the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) march towards gaining humane medical care in Alabama's prisons, a Settlement …
Tough Justice Leads To Quadriplegic's Death In CCA-Operated D.C. Jail by Michael Rigby Tough Justice Leads To Quadriplegic's Death In CCA-Operated D.C. Jail by Michael Rigby Washington D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith E. Retchin is known for being tough on crime. She's so tough, in fact, that when a quadriplegic …
Brief • February 10, 2005
Goena v Alameida, CA, Amended Complaint, wrongful death medical neglect, 2006 Cas 1:04-cv-06546-0WW-SMS 2 3 Document 15 Filed 02/10/2005 Page 1 of 14 TERRY L. BAKER (214365) Makler & Baker LLP 831 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 965-4651 (805) 965-4671 fax 4 5 6 CATHERINE CAMPBELL (65103) P.O. …
Wilkins v. Scarrott and Koponen, CA, Appeal Brief Employee Litigation, Wrongful Death, 2005 STATEMENT OF THE CASE This civil rights case is unique in that police officers are on both sides. William Wilkins, a seven-year veteran of the Oakland, California, police department, was shot and killed by two rookie officers …
Wilkins v. City of Oakland, 9th Cir, Appeal, Brief 4th Am police shot by police unjustified deadly force, 2005 No. _________ IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT _____________________ KELY WILKINS, Individually, as Successor in Interest to Decedent WILLIAM ALBERTO WILKINS, and as Guardian Ad Litem …
Latest Honduran Prison Massacre: "Homies Were Burning Alive" by Tom Hayden In first-ever interviews, representatives of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS) gang in Tegucigalpa, Honduras this May described how security forces were to blame for the May 17, 2004 prison fire that killed 105 of those they call their homeboys. In …
City Settles In Death of Prisoner at CCA-Operated Tulsa Jail by The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has agreed to settle its part in a federal lawsuit over the death of a Native American prisoner in the Tulsa Jail. According to the November 7, 2003 settlement, the city will pay the …
Nevada Prisoner Killed in Rec Yard Riot by Nevada Prisoner Killed In Rec Yard Riot On July 13, 2004, racial tension at the High Desert State Prison in southern Nevada erupted into a deadly riot. The fighting, reportedly between Blacks and Hispanics on the rock-strewn recreation yard, left one prisoner …
PAMII Requires Records Release in Connecticut Prisoners' Deaths by A Connecticut federal district court held that the State of Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (Connecticut P&A), a state agency designated by Connecticut's Governor to provide protection and advocacy services to individuals with disabilities, including persons …
CMS Must Pay $1.75 Million in Illinois Jail Suicide by John E Dannenberg CMS Must Pay $1.75 Million In Illinois Jail Suicide by John E. Dannenberg Correctional Medical Services (CMS), a private contractor providing all medical and mental health services at the Lake County, Ill. Jail, was ordered by a …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Wisconsin County Settles Negligent Death Claim for $1.2 Million by Wisconsin County Settles Negligent Death Claim For $1.2 Million On July 24, 2003, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a claim arising from a man's death in the county jail. The deceased, former president of the …
A Death in Custody: Massachusetts DOC Wracked by Scandal by Peter Costanza On August 23, 2003, the 26 men in Unit J-1 at SBCC, a "supermax" prison in Shirley, Massachusetts, were finishing lunch. It was just before noon. There was one guard in the unit, a prison guard named David …
California Private Prison Uprisings Kill 2, Injure 66 by Marvin Mentor Interracial prison riots occurred on October 27 and December 3, 2003 in two southern California privately-contracted minimum security prisons. Because California private prison contractors have no weapons not even pepper spray the riots continued for up to 90 minutes …
Survivors of Prisoner Killed in Texas County Jail Awarded $2,500,000 by On May 20, 2003, a state district court in El Paso, Texas, awarded $2.5 million in damages plus attorney fees and court costs of $393,518 to the surviving spouse, daughter and estate of a man who died while imprisoned …
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