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Filing • November 17, 2000
PLN v. WA DOC, WA, Complaint, Public Records - Employee Death, 2000 2 3 4 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PIERCE 5 6 7 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, INC., a Washington non-profit corporation, Plaintiff, 8 9 ) v. ) ) WASHINGTON …
Whistle-blowing Doctor Shakes Up Nebraska DOC by Dan Pens I have a story to tell--about how a doctor can be used to kill patients. I will talk to anybody you want me to. I spent twelve years of my life, and these people push me around and turn me into …
FTCA Claims May Be Brought Only Against U.S. by A federal district court in North Carolina held that Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claims could be brought against the United States, but not against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), a correctional institution, or the institution's medical staff. The court …
Dismissal of Medical Claim Reversed After Prisoner's Death by The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed a lawsuit, filed by the estate of a Wyoming prisoner, that claimed prison officials showed a deliberate indifference to his medical needs relating to …
Brief • October 17, 2000
Filed under: Accidents
Baker v. WA DOC, WA, Complaint, Slip and Fall, 2000 P. 04 FAX NO. ") lO)"l';).,S- nEcEWED ,llRCE rVRD ocr1'lllO'. ' 1 III '~8U\iS1Bl'C6ll11_1 " ; '\ .. i,\ 'S OfFICE 2 \! r.1.\.,,<;, I {\s'bi~isioH JUL 13 2000' 1Uf'bL't't1PI~ 3 Olll~ Cashfers~on kNT SUpedorCourtClIlI'k 4 S , RriCEIV 6 …
$100,000 Settlement in TX Restraint Chair/Pepper Spray Death by On February 22, 2000, Tarrant County, Texas agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to the estate of James Livingston, 30, to settle a wrongful death suit. On July 6, 1999, Livingston was arrested on a trespassing warrant. He was allegedly abusive …
Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000
BOP Settles Medical Death Suit for $700,000 by In February, 1999, the federal Bu reau of Prisons settled a medical neglect suit for $700,000. David Deen, a BOP prisoner, was 30 years old and confined at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia for five months. He was prescribed nitroglycerin for …
Wackenhut Wracked by Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ronald Young Wackenhut Wracked By Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ron Young After a decade as a leading operator of corporate-owned prisons, Wackenhut Corrections has become a prisoner of its own problems. In New Mexico, a 500-page legislative report written by five consultants calls …
Brief • July 27, 2000
Filed under: Accidents
Stewart v. District of Columbia, Complaint, Slip and Fall, 2000 I , SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Civil Division ELSIE STEWART ivil Action No. 98-CA06772 Cal. 10 - Judge Mize Next Event: COMES NOW the Plaintiff, Elsie Stewart, by and through her attorneys, Friedlander, Misler, Sloan, Kletzkin & …
Publication • 2000
Asphyxial Death During Prone Restraint Revisited, O'Halloran and Frank, 2000 The American J ournal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology ©2000 Lippincott W illiams & Wilkins , Inc., Philadelphia 21(1):39- 52, 2000. Asp:Q.yxial Death During Prone Restraint Revisited A Report of 21 Cases Ronald L. O'Halloran. M.D .• and Janice G. …
DOJ Investigates CMS Health Care at Missouri Prison by Michael Rigby DOJ Investigates CMS Health Care At Missouri Prison by Michael Rigby Allegations of improper medical treat-ment, lack of medical treatment, and several suspicious deaths at the Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center, a state women's prison in Vandalia, …
CCA Prison Under Gang Control: Death and Injury Suits Filed by Gary Hunter Two suits were filed against Corrections Corp. of America (CCA) in less than a week. On April 15, 2003 the family of Iulai Amani sued CCA and the state of Hawaii for "wrongful conduct" resulting in Amani's …
FDOC Hazardous to Prisoners' Health by Mark Sherwood by Mark Sherwood and Bob Posey Thirty percent of the 129 doctors who provide medical care to prisoners incarcerated in the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) have marks on their records ranging from malpractice to fraud. The FDOC rarely fires or disciplines …
Kentucky Jury Awards $2,641 to Estate of Murdered Prisoner by In the January, 2003, issue of PLN we reported Flint Ex Rel Flint v. Kentucky Department of Corrections, 270 F.3d 340 (6th Cir. 2001) where the court held that Kentucky prison officials and employees of Correctional Industries were not entitled …
Youngstown Case Reveals New Legal Issues for Prisoner Advocates, State Correctional Agencies and Private Prison Companies by Al Gerhardstein As the number of prisoners in private lock-ups continue to increase, lawsuits filed by them, not unexpectedly, are also on the rise. While that is no surprise to corrections professionals and …
Oregon DOC Liable for Attacks by Parolees by The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a trial court judgment against the Department of Corrections (DOC), concluding that violent crimes committed by a parolee were a reasonably foreseeable consequence of inadequate parole supervision. In 1984, Cal Brown was convicted of assaulting an …
Brief • January 19, 2000
Filed under: Accidents
Robinson v. District of Columbia, DC, Release, Prisoner Transport Van Crash, 2000 RELEASE 5d . ~ ERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, ROLAND ROBINSON,. Sec. No , DCDC No. 251-646, currently residing at 8557 South Lawn Court, Al • ' . I , Y• 09, as consideration for the settlement …
Wackenhut's Woes: Guard Killed in New Mexico Riot; Prisoners Exiled to Virginia Supermax by Alex Friedmann Previously, PLN has reported problems at the Lea County Corr. Facility in Hobbs, New Mexico, one of two prisons in the state operated by Wackenhut Corrections Corp. Violent incidents at the Hobbs facility have …
Fifth Circuit Says Rotting to Death in Prison Okay by Ronald Young How often have you heard it said of prisoners, "Let them rot in prison?" Probably more times than you care to remember. In the case of Mississippi prisoner Eugene Stewart, such a hellish and cruel death as literally …
$100,000 Settlement in South Carolina Jail Death by On May 12, 1999, Spartanburg county in South Carolina announced it would pay $100,000 to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the estate of a prisoner. On June 7, 1998, John Pruitt, a detainee in the Spartanburg county jail, collapsed and …
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