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Liability against Taser for Negligence Upheld but $5.5 Million Damages Award Reversed by David Reutter Liability against Taser for Negligence Upheld but $5.5 Million Damages Award Reversed by David M. Reutter In November 2013, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury’s finding that Taser International was liable for …
Brief • August 17, 2015
Ealy v. GEO Group, 11th Cir, Appellant Brief, RA limitations sovereign immunity, 2015 No. 14-14199 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT EARVIN EALY, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. GEO GROUP, INC., et al. Defendant/Appellees. On Appeal from the United States District Court For the Middle District of Florida, …
Waters v. City of Arlington, TX, Order, inmate death restraints strangulation, 2015 Waters v. City of Arlington Texas et al Doc. 17 r.s. oイセ[ョ@ 'cr c(i • j:.r NORTHER\ D!Sli\iCI UF I NMセ|s@ R. FILFD IN THE UNITED STATES DIST NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FORT WORTH DIVISI BOBBIE WATERS, INDIVIDUALLY AND …
Murphy et al v. City of Key West et al, FL, Plf Mot to Compel better discovery responses from Def, tasers police use of force training, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA KEY WEST DIVISION MARTY MURPHY, et al., Case No. 4:15-cv-10044-JEM Plaintiff, v. CITY …
Nealman v. Laughlin et al, PA, Complaint, failure to train police mentally ill suicide, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-01579-CCC Document 1 Filed 08/12/15 Page 1 of 38 DEVON M. JACOB, ESQUIRE Pa. Sup. Ct. ID: 89182 JACOB LITIGATION P.O. Box 837, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-0837 717.796.7733 | djacob@jacoblitigation.com Counsel for the Plaintiff IN …
Arevalo v. NV DOC, NV, Removal to federal court, 8th Am excessive force failure to treat train, 2015 Case 3:15-cv-00407-RCJ-WGC Document 1 Filed 08/11/15 Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ADAM PAUL LAXALT Nevada Attorney General ANDREA R. BARRACLOUGH Chief Deputy Attorney General …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Tenth Circuit: Ignoring Prisoner’s Severe Pain Precludes Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson Tenth Circuit: Ignoring Prisoner’s Severe Pain Precludes Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson On August 12, 2014, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prison nurse who refused to examine a prisoner suffering from severe abdominal pain …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Supreme Court Rules Qualified Immunity Shields Prison Officials from Suicide Claim by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Rules Qualified Immunity Shields Prison Officials from Suicide Claim by Derek Gilna In what can only be considered a step backward for holding corrections officials accountable for the preventable suicide of prisoners in their …
Whether Private Actors Entitled to Qualified Immunity Bypassed Due to Factual Dispute by Whether Private Actors Entitled to Qualified Immunity Bypassed Due to Factual Dispute The First Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rule on a question of whether qualified immunity is categorically unavailable to private medical contractors because disputed …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: Premises Liability
Ohio DOC Pays $2,000 to Prisoner Burned on Exposed Steam Pipe by Ohio DOC Pays $2,000 to Prisoner Burned on Exposed Steam Pipe The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has agreed to pay prisoner Ivan Lacking $2,000 for injuries he received in a unit stairwell while on the way …
Fifteen Minute Cell Checks Insufficient to Shield Texas Jail from Liability for Inmate Suicide by Fifteen Minute Cell Checks Insufficient to Shield Texas Jail from Liability for Inmate Suicide A Texas federal court refused to grant summary judgment to a sheriff who claimed that his policy of having jailers check …
CCA Pays $6,000 Settlement in Dangerous Conditions Causing Tennessee Prisoner’s Slip and Fall by CCA Pays $6,000 Settlement in Dangerous Conditions Causing Tennessee Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,184.71 to settle a claim brought by Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility prisoner James A. Reese, who alleged negligence …
CCA and Aramark Pay $2,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Suit by CCA and Aramark Pay $2,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Suit The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and Aramark Correctional Services (Aramark) paid a combined $2,000 to settle a Tennessee prisoner’s slip and fall claim. The …
Article • June 10, 2015
California: Government Immunity Does Not Shield Officials from Decision to Keep Wrong Person Incarcerated by California: Government Immunity Does Not Shield Officials from Decision to Keep Wrong Person Incarcerated In August 2007, the California Supreme Court held that the governmental immunity provision of Government Code (GC) §845.8(a) did not shield …
Dismissal of State-Created Danger Claim Reversed by David Reutter Dismissal of State-Created Danger Claim Reversed by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s order dismissing a civil rights action that alleged the disclosure of a confidential informant’s status established a state-created danger in violation …
Victorianne v. County of San Diego, CA, Amended Complaint, Meth Ingestion, 2015 Case 3:14-cv-02170-WQH-BLM Document 82 Filed 06/02/15 Page 1 of 51 1 EUGENE G. IREDALE, SBN 75292 JULIA YOO, SBN 231163 2 GRACE JUN, SBN 287973 3 IREDALE & YOO, APC 105 West F Street, Fourth Floor 4 San …
Section 1983 Litigation, Karen Blum Journal Article, 2015 SECTION 1983 LITIGATION: THE MAZE, THE MUD, AND THE MADNESS Karen M. Blum* INTRODUCTION Some of us were there at the “founding,” and I don’t mean in 1871 when 42 U.S.C. § 19831 was originally enacted as the Ku Klux Klan Act,2 …
Brief • May 19, 2015
Smith v. Co of LA, CA, Order re Def MTD, 4th Am immunity, 2015 Case 2:11-cv-10666-DDP-PJW Document 161 Filed 05/19/15 Page 1 of 14 Page ID #:2884 1 2 O 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 REGINALD LENARD SMITH, …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Qualified Immunity
Maryland County Jail Guards Receive Rights Mirroring Those of State Prison Guards by Maryland County Jail Guards Receive Rights Mirroring Those of State Prison Guards A new Maryland law extends legal rights to guards at two county jails during investigations and disciplinary proceedings similar to those provided to guards in …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Premises Liability
$7,500 Award for Ohio Prisoner in Slip and Fall Accident by David Reutter $7,500 Award for Ohio Prisoner in Slip and Fall Accident by David Reutter An Ohio Court of Claims awarded over $7,500 to a prisoner for injuries suffered from a slip and fall, after finding liability for negligence …
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