Morbidity Reports Not Protected From Disclosure by By Brandon Sample State privilege laws that protect mortality and morbidity reports from disclosure during discovery do not apply in federal court, Timothy S. Hillman, U.S. Magistrate Judge, recently decided. The Plaintiff in a wrongful death action served a notice of deposition and …
Adams v. FBOP, MA, Settlement Agreement and Claim Release - Gender Identity Disorder Treatment (2011) UNITED STA TES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ) VANESSA ADAMS, legal name Nicholas Adams, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) v. ) FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS; FEDERAL ) BUREAU OF PRlSONS DIRECTOR HARLEY ) …
Massachusetts: Wrongful Conviction Suit Settled for $3.25 Million by The City of Boston has agreed to pay $3.25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 18 years for a series of rapes he did not commit. Ulysses Charles was convicted in …
Expert Report Not Required for Primary Care Physician to Testify by A physician who treated a patient plaintiff may testify concerning his consultation or treatment of a patient without providing an expert report, U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor recently decided. Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26., Judge Ponsor concluded that …
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit against BOP after BOP Started Hormone Therapy for Prisoner with Gender Identity Disorder by On June 7, 2010, U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro denied a motion to dismiss filed by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in a suit by a prisoner suffering from Gender Identity …
$240,001 Verdict in Boston Jail Beating Suit by Brandon Sample On February 23, 2009, a federal jury returned a $240,001 verdict in favor of a man who was violently beaten by a guard at the Suffolk County House of Correction (SCHC). Rodney Chaney ended up at the SCHC in August …
Colon v. City of Lawrence, MA, Judgment Agreement, def to honor payment to plf, 2011 Case 1:08-cv-11960-NMG Document 69-1 Filed 01/26/11 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS MANUEL COLON, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF LAWRENCE and CARL FARRINGTON Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action …
Glik v Cunniffe, MA, Amicus Brief, 1st Am false arrest publicly videotaping police, 2011 Case: 10-1764 Document: 00116161442 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/23/2011 Entry ID: 5520809 10-1764 IN THE United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit SIMON GLIK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN CUNNIFFE, in his individual capacity; PETER J. …
Glik v Cunniffe, MA, Plf Brief, 1st Am false arrest publicly videotaping police, 2011 Case: 10-1764 Document: 00116159256 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/18/2011 Entry ID: 5519386 No. 10-1764 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT _________________________________ SIMON GLIK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN CUNNIFFE, in his individual capacity; PETER SAVALIS, …
Political Patronage Scandal Rocks Massachusetts Probation Department by Derek Gilna A May 2010 investigative report in the Boston Globe took the Massachusetts Probation Department to task for bypassing qualified candidates for available job positions, instead employing at least 250 friends, relatives and financial backers of politicians and top court officials. …
Massachusetts: Court Lifts Stay of Discovery in Challenge to Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Disability Law Center, Inc. (DLC) has obtained an order lifting a stay of discovery in its suit against the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MDOC). As previously reported in …
Massachusetts DOC Injunction Requiring Broadcast of Jum’ah Services via Closed-Circuit Television Upheld by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld an injunction requiring the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) to broadcast Friday Jum’ah services via closed circuit television to Muslim prisoners in segregation. The injunction comes in …
The Graying of America’s Prisons by James Ridgeway Frank Soffen, now 70 years old, has lived more than half his life in prison, and will likely die there. Sentenced to life for second-degree murder, Soffen has suffered four heart attacks and is confined to a wheelchair. He has lately been …
$1.5 Million Settlement in Suffolk County Jail Class Action Toilet Suit by A $1.5 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit on behalf of approximately 4,000 former prisoners of Building 4 of Massachusetts’ Suffolk County House of Correction. The complaint alleged Eighth Amendment violations for cruel and …
Massachusetts Clerk Magistrates and Assistants Pocket Millions in After-Hours Fees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2009, 191 of 210 clerk magistrates and assistants in Massachusetts padded their incomes by pocketing over $2.5 million in after-hours bail fees. Clerk magistrates and assistants are paid salaries ranging from $84,000 to …
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, MoL Support Plf Mot for Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF STEPHEN …
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, MoL Support Plf Mot to Est Entitlement Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF …
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, Plf Mot to Est Entitlement Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants PLAINTIFFS STEPHEN DOHERTY’S MOTION TO ESTABLISH ENTITELMENT TO …
Ashman et al v. Marshall et al, MA, Reply re Plf Mot to Est Entitlement Atty Fees, prison conditions 8th Am, 2010 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. SUCV2000-05618-E DENTON ASHMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN MARSHALL, et al., Defendants REPLY IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF STEPHEN …
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Sheriff May Not Charge Jail Fees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 5, 2010, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that the Sheriff of Bristol County could not charge fees for certain jail services. In 2002, prisoners at the Bristol County House of …
