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Article • May 15, 2010
$1,000 Claim Settlement for Washington State Prisoner Injured in Fall by On September 13, 2007, Washington State settled for $1,000 a tort claim brought by a state prisoner who slipped and fell in a prison kitchen. Michael Laursen, a Washington State prisoner, was working in the dishwashing area of the …
Rendon v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2010 Case: 1:10-cv-01590 Document #: 44 Filed: 04/30/10 Page 1 of 32 PageID #:191 09-17 KJG: car UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JANET RENDON, Independent Administrator ) of the Estate of CAROL CZUBERNAT ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) …
Dying in Cell 40: Vermont’s Flawed Contract and Prison Health Service’s Drive for Profit Lead to Prisoner’s Death by Terry J. Allen Ashley Ellis’ misdemeanor arrest turned into a death sentence. Her crime was careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. On Aug. 16, 2009, less than two days …
Failure to Raise Issue in Rule 50 Motion Prohibits Argument on Appeal; $214,000 Verdict Upheld by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury’s verdict that found a municipality liable despite there being no finding of liability on the part of the individual defendants. The facts in this …
Three Years Later, CMS Still Fails to Meet Medical Standards in Delaware by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Despite federal oversight of its prison medical care, Delaware “continues to have a great deal more to achieve before it comes into substantial compliance with all provisions of the MOA” (Memorandum …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
$245,000 Settlement in Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Death by In what one lawyer described as round one, Michigan’s Lenawee County has paid $245,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that the deficient medical care at the County’s jail caused a prisoner’s death. The 24 page second amended complaint in the action begins …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
Failure to Raise Issue in Rule 50 Motion Prohibits Argument on Appeal; $214,000 Verdict Upheld by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury’s verdict that found a municipality liable despite there being no finding of liability on the part of the individual defendants. The facts in this …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
Jury Awards $6,500 to California Prisoner for Negligence, Deliberate Indifference by Doctor by On May 22, 2009, a California federal jury awarded a state prisoner $6,500 on his claims of medical negligence and deliberate indifference. Todd A. Ashker, a prisoner at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP), sued Dr. M.C. …
Settlement Promises Improvements at Baltimore City Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 18, 2009, a settlement was reached in a class-action lawsuit over conditions of confinement at the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC). The lawsuit dates back to 1971 and had been on the federal district court’s …
Mahdi v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2010 Case 3:10-cv-00123-MJR-SCW Document 3-1 Filed 02/12/10 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #9 • , •·• IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE S/CQND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JEFFERSO N COUNTY, ILLIJ'!plS ,A- MM A- I< 1\1\f'tf-ffi I (l~ CJC(-L ~ G'3 No ............................... .. …
Prison Health Care, Political Choice and the Accidental Death Penalty in Michigan by Elizabeth Alexander by Elizabeth Alexander1 In Hadix v. Caruso, I represent a class of prisoners in a decades-long case challenging conditions of confinement, including medical care, at various Michigan prison facilities.2 Since August 2006 I have been …
Colorado Detainee Tasered During Seizure, Paid $116,731.73 and $83,268.27 in Fees by A Colorado detainee settled his medical neglect and excessive force suit within four months of filing for $116,731.73 in damages and $83,268.27 in attorney’s fees. On July 26, 2006, Michael R. Martin was booked into Colorado’s Adams County …
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of 8th Amendment and FTCA Medical Claims; Case Settles on Remand for $20,000 by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed, for the second time, a grant of summary judgment to two Bureau of Prisons (BOP) medical employees and the United States …
Article • January 15, 2010
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal Of Medical Care Claims by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed the dismissal of a prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action claiming deliberately indifferent medical care. Vantice Beshears alleged that while incarcerated at the Champaign County Jail, medical staff prescribed and …
$125,000 Paid For Illegal Colonoscopy to Search for Drugs by On July 18, 2009, a New York State parolee, Tunde Clement, agreed to a $125,000 settlement in a lawsuit he filed in 2007 against Albany County, New York and Albany Medical Center Hospital. Clement's attorney, John F. Queenan, claimed his …
Federal Prison Employees Convicted of Stealing Prisoners’ Meds by Gary Hunter On January 6, 2009, three former employees at the Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia, New York pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of theft of government property. Richard Lawson, a captain and pharmacist; Lisa Schwab, a pharmacist technician; and …
Pennsylvania County Prisons Mired in Conditions Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Whether or not a large number of lawsuits is indicative of management or operational problems at a prison or jail is a matter of debate that depends on one’s perspective – that is, which side of …
$73,000 Settlement for Denial of Pain Medication to Wisconsin Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 6, 2009, Wisconsin settled a lawsuit brought by a state prisoner who complained of guards preventing him from receiving his pain medication when he was in intense pain, then retaliating against him …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
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Oklahoma Prisoner Awarded $65,000 for Inadequate MSRA Care by Brandon Sample On March 12, 2009, Chief U.S. District Judge Claire Eagan entered judgment in the amount of $65,000 against an Oklahoma state prison Health Services Administrator (HSA) accused of failing to provide a prisoner adequate medical treatment. While incarcerated at …
Prisoner Not Allowed to Sue One DOC in Another State by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Illinois held that New Mexico Department of Corrections (NMDOC) officials cannot be sued in Illinois due to lack of personal jurisdiction. Jimmy Kinslow, an NMDOC prisoner, was transferred in 1995 to the …
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