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Article • March 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Dental Care
$1,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Denture Denial Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $1,500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Richard Hunter for deliberate indifference in refusing to provide him with dentures. While at the D.C. Jail on November 9, 2000 Hunter informed the dental staff, Dr. Bowles, …
Article • March 15, 2011
$1,500 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Stabbing by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $1,500 to settle a negligence suit by prisoner Thomas Bartley for injuries sustained from being stabbed. While in the Central Facility of the DC Department of Corrections on October 29, 1998, Bartley was stabbed by other prisoners …
Article • March 15, 2011
$1,629.05 Settlement in Suit over D.C. Jail’s Failure to Pay Wages by The District of Columbia paid $1,629.05 to settle the Lawsuit of ex-employee Greg Jackson for failure to pay wages for his land maintenance work. While working at the D.C. Jail in 1997 through September, 1998 Jackson, a supervisor …
Article • March 15, 2011
$1,750 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Assault Resulting in Brain Damage Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $1,750 to settle the negligence suit filed by prisoner David Ambrose for injuries sustained in an assault by two other prisoners. While in front of the guard’s control bubble near the gymnasium …
Article • March 15, 2011
$2,000 Settlement in Confiscation of DC Prisoner’s Medical Braces by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $2,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by prisoner Patrick Brady, claiming a guard confiscated his medical braces. The confiscation occurred on July 27, 1997, which was three days after doctors at the DC General …
Article • March 15, 2011
$2,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Burn from Exposed Hot Pipe by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $2,000 to settle a negligence suit filed by prisoner Neal Bowman for injuries sustained from burning his leg on an exposed hot pipe. While working out in the gymnasium of DC’s Occoquan Facility …
Article • March 15, 2011
$2,000 Settlement in Slander Case; Guard Labeling Prisoner a Snitch by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $2,000 to settle a slander suit filed by prisoner Eric Brown. His complaint alleged that following a February 19, 1998 homicide at the DC Jail, a guard told other guards and prisoners that …
$2,500 in D.C. Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $2,500 to settle an Eighth Amendment lawsuit filed by prisoner Cornell Barber. Barber was at D.C.’s Central Facility in Lorton, Virginia in March, 2001. On March 1, Cornell received a hemorrhoidectemy to remove hemorrhoids from his …
Article • March 15, 2011
$2,500 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Fall from Bunk Suit by The District of Columbia paid $2,500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Michael J. Hinnant, for falling out of his top bunk and hitting his head. While incarcerated at the D.C. Jail on March 11, 2004, Hinnant received a bottom …
$3,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $3,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Eyassu Teklu for negligence. While at the D.C. Jail on January 10, 1998 Teklu was assaulted and battered by another prisoner with an iron pipe, causing severe …
Article • March 15, 2011
$3,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Raw Sewage Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $3,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Arnold A. Jefferson for negligence. While at the D.C. Jail on September 21, 1999, Jefferson was bitten by a “black worm” from backed up sewage pipes, causing him …
Article • March 15, 2011
$3,500 Settlement in Washington Prisoner’s Freedom of Religion Lawsuit by The State of Washington paid $3,500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner DeShon Corsey for violating his right to freedom of religion. While incarcerated at Washington State Prison on September 5, 2002, Corsey was hired to work in the kitchen. …
Article • March 15, 2011
$5,000 Settlement for D.C. Prisoner’s Stabbing, Failure to Protect by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $5,000 to settle the negligence claim of Octavious Clark for injuries suffered from a stabbing by another prisoner. While at D.C.’s Jail on September 7, 1998, Clark was attacked by another prisoner while watching …
Article • March 15, 2011
$5,000 Settlement in D.C. Jail Prisoner’s Burning Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $5,000 to settle the negligence lawsuit of prisoner James Walton. While incarcerated at the D.C. Jail on October 29, 2005, Walton was pulling a wheeled trashcan full of hot water through the kitchen when one …
$5,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Assault with Weapon by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $5,000 to settle the negligence suit of prisoner James Carson for injuries he sustained by the assault of another prisoner. While at DC’s Central Facility on November 11, 2000, Carson was struck by another prisoner …
Article • March 15, 2011
$5,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Wrongful Medical Death Following Surgery by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $5,000 to settle a multi-count complaint in the death of prisoner Benjamin Brown following surgery for a colon reattachment. The complaint concerned the April 20, 2002 death of Brown at DC’s Central Treatment …
MVRA Does Not Permit Victims to Intervene in Another Suit in Order to Collect Restitution by The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA) does not allow a victim to intervene into another suit in order to pursue the collection of restitution, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided …
Illinois Guard’s Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed; Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a Black Illinois guard’s wrongful termination action. In March or April 2003, Nicole Burns, a female detainee at the Cook County, Illinois jail reported that …
Illinois Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners; Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of an Illinois African-American guard’s wrongful termination action. In March or April 2003, Nicole Burns, a female detainee at the Cook County, Illinois jail reported that guards …
Article • March 15, 2011
Indiana Excessive Force Suit Not Heck-Barred by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s dismissal of an Indiana prisoner’s excessive force suit, concluding that the prisoner’s claims were not barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). “Police burst into the home of Ty Evans to …
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