$8,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner whose Diabetic Seizure Went Untreated by David Reutter $8,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner whose Diabetic Seizure Went Untreated by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $8,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging deliberate indifference to a serious medical need. Upon entering the Metro-Davidson County …
$7,000 Settlement in CCA Failure to Protect Lawsuit by David Reutter $7,000 Settlement in CCA Failure to Protect Lawsuit by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $7,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging officials at Whiteville Correctional Facility (WCF) failed to protect a prisoner. The suit alleged that prisoner …
$7,000 Settlement for CCA’s Negligence Causing Prisoner’s Broken Arm by David Reutter $7,000 Settlement for CCA’s Negligence Causing Prisoner’s Broken Arm by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $7,000 to settle a negligence lawsuit stemming from a prisoner falling off a bunk. During his intake at CCA’s Silverdale …
$6,000 Settlement for Negligent Failure to Treat at CCA Tennessee Prison by David Reutter $6,000 Settlement for Negligent Failure to Treat at CCA Tennessee Prison by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $6,184.71 to settle a lawsuit brought by a prisoner at Metro Davidson County Detention Facility …
$6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport by David Reutter $6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,000 to settle a claim that a prisoner was injured during a transport from Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. The settlement came …
$5,000 Settlement for Harmful Treatment at CCA Tennessee Prison by David Reutter $5,000 Settlement for Harmful Treatment at CCA Tennessee Prison by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $5,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming it caused harm to Silverdale Detention Center prisoner Angela Mooney. The July 30, 2009 …
$3,750 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Failure to Treat Suit by David Reutter $3,750 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Failure to Treat Suit by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $3,750 to settle a prisoner’s civil rights action alleging he was denied adequate medical care at the Hardeman …
$3,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall by David Reutter $3,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $3,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a prisoner slipped and fell in her cell at the Hamilton County Workhouse. Prisoner …
$1,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall Suit by David Reutter $1,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall Suit by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $1,500 to settle a lawsuit involving a slip and fall at the Silverdale Workhouse. While walking down a …
$999.99 Settlement for Excessive Force against CCA Prisoner by $999.99 Settlement for Excessive Force against CCA Prisoner Corrections Corporation of America paid $999.99 to settle a lawsuit by prisoner Timothy Groce, who alleged guards used excessive force upon him at Whiteville Correctional Facility. Groce refused to remove his arm from …
$35,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Forced to Act as Guard’s Gladiator by David Reutter $35,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Forced to Act as Guard’s Gladiator by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $35,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged guards forced a prisoner to be a “kapo” and …
$13,000 Jury Award to Tennessee Prisoner Held on Invalid Escape Warrant by $13,000 Jury Award to Tennessee Prisoner Held on Invalid Escape Warrant A Tennessee federal jury awarded $13,000 to a former prisoner alleging he was unconstitutionally imprisoned and denied medical treatment while held in Tennessee prisons. Samuel C. Key …
$4,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport by David Reutter $4,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $4,000 to settle a negligence claim stemming from a prisoner being injured during a transport from a drug and rehabilitation facility …
Tennessee Jail Considers Charging for Toilet Paper, Underwear by Christopher Zoukis Tennessee Jail Considers Charging for Toilet Paper, Underwear by Christopher Zoukis On August 19, 2013, commissioners in Anderson County, Tennessee approved a resolution authorizing an expansion of pay-to-stay fees at the county jail. The resolution included a $50 daily …
Mhoon v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville, TN, Settlement, Excessive Force Paralysis, 2018 Resolution No. RS2018-1192 A resolution authorizing the Metropolitan Department of Law to compromise and settle the claims of Edgar Mhoon against the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County in the amount of $550,000.00, and that said amount …
Tennessee Prisoners Suing Private Prisons Not Required to File in Local Venue by David Reutter Tennessee Prisoners Suing Private Prisons Not Required to File in Local Venue by David Reutter The Tennessee Supreme Court has held that a state statute requiring a local venue for lawsuits filed by indigent prisoners …
Joint letter re TN Taskforce on Sentencing and Recidivism July 2015 July 30, 2015 Governor Bill Haslam 1st Floor, State Capitol Nashville, TN 37243 Derrick Schofield, Commissioner Tenn. Dept. of Correction 320 6th Avenue North Rachel Jackson Building Nashville, TN 37243-0465 Bill Gibbons, Commissioner Tenn. Dept. of Safety & Homeland …
No State Medical Privilege in § 1983 Actions; CCA Compelled to Provide Discovery by No State Medical Privilege in § 1983 Actions; CCA Compelled to Provide Discovery by Mark Wilson A Tennessee federal court refused to “recognize the state peer review privilege” in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, and …
$200,000 Verdict in Shackling of Tennessee Prisoner in Labor Overturned by Sixth Circuit by $200,000 Verdict in Shackling of Tennessee Prisoner in Labor Overturned by Sixth Circuit The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the grant of summary judgment to a woman who was shackled to a hospital bed …
$20,000 Settlement in CCA’s Failure to Treat Tennessee Prisoner’s Ankle Injury by $20,000 Settlement in CCA’s Failure to Treat Tennessee Prisoner’s Ankle Injury Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $20,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging It failed to provide proper medical care for a prisoner at the Metro-Davidson County Detention …
