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$50,000 Settlement for Seattle Jail Guard’s Wrongful Termination by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $50,014.15 to settle the wrongful termination claim of Mimi Lee Dunn. She claimed that while working as a guard at the jail from May 1998 to October 20, 2000, she was the subject of sexual …
$75,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment Suit Against Seattle Jail by Washington’s King County paid $75,000 to settle the sexual harassment and hostile work environment lawsuit of Dolores Riganti-Curtiss. She claimed that while working at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention from November 1997 until she was “constructively discharged” in …
Article • September 15, 2009
$80,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Employment Discrimination by Washington State’s King County paid $80,436.71 to settle the lawsuit of Orlando Panelli, who claimed that while working at the Department of Adult Detention from October 1, 1999 through April 16, 2003 he was subjected to discrimination based upon his race and …
Article • September 15, 2009
$82,000 Settlement in Wrongful Termination; Failure to Accommodate Disability in Seattle Jail Suit by Washington State’s King County paid $81,607.59 to settle the lawsuit of Gerald Murphy, who claimed that he was wrongfully terminated from his position as Chief of Operations/Security at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention. The …
$7,500 as Settlement of Jail Nurse’s Sexual Harassment Claim by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $7,500 to settle the sexual harassment claim of Valerie J. Lincoln. She claimed that while she was a nurse at the Jail from May through August of 2000, she was sexually harassed by …
Article • September 15, 2009
$7,500 Settlement in Worker’s Compensation Suit against Snohomish County Jail by Washington State’s Snohomish County paid $7,500 to settle the worker’s compensation negligence law suit of Michelle M. Benton, who worked in the County Jail’s kitchen as an employee of Compass Group U.S.A., Inc., which is the jail’s private food …
Article • September 15, 2009
$20,000 Settlement in Discrimination/Hostile Work Environment by Washington State’s King County paid $20,000 to settle the discrimination, hostile work environment and retaliation claim of Jameelah Cage, who alleged guard Burnis Jones sexually harassed her while she worked at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention in April 2005. The February …
Article • September 15, 2009
$26,000 Settlement in Wrongful Discharge by Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $26,252.44 to settle the lawsuit of Rosaline Deede, who claimed she was retaliated against and wrongfully discharged from her position as a guard at the jail. She had reported that for a considerable period of …
Article • September 15, 2009
$12,500 Settlement in Wrongful Termination by Washington Jail by Washington State’s King County paid $12,500 to settle the wrongful termination claim of Ronald R. Hunt. The details of this incident are not contained in the claim form, other than the date of termination being October 25, 2002, from the Department …
Article • September 15, 2009
Washington State Jail Guards Lose Overtime Suit by The Washington State Supreme Court has held that “delayed” payment of wages beyond the time frame set forth in former WAC 296-128-035 does give rise to employer liability under the Wage Rebate Act (WRA), but only where the delay is “willful.” The …
Article • September 15, 2009
Guard-Former Prisoner Relationships not Protected Association by The First Circuit Court of Appeal has affirmed a federal district court’s order dismissing the civil rights action filed by a Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MDOC) guard who was fired for conducting a romantic relationship with a former prisoner, in violation of Department …
$226,000 Workers’ Comp Settlement for Pennsylvania Guard Scarred by MRSA by A Pennsylvania prison guard who contracted a staph infection that caused facial scarring has settled a workers’ compensation claim for $226,000. While employed at the Graterford Prison in 2003, guard Carol Snyder contracted an infection. She awoke on the …
Sexually Harassed Florida Prison Nurse’s Injunctive Relief Claim Moot by A Florida federal district court has denied summary judgment on monetary damages but granted it for injunctive and declatory relief, on motion brought by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) in a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination and hostile work environment. …
Jury Awards Guard $150,000 for Retaliation; Court Awards an Additional $800,000 by A Nassau County federal jury has awarded a county jail guard $150,000 for discrimination and retaliation that occurred as a result of a prior sexual harassment suit. Patricia Luca, a guard for 12 years, sued Nassau County, its …
Lesbian Guard Awarded $200,000 for Unlawful Discrimination, Retaliation by A New York appellate court has upheld an award of damages for a lesbian guard who was subjected to unlawful discrimination and retaliation. Alicia Humig, the only female guard on her cell block at the Wende Correctional Facilitiy, filed a complaint …
Court Refuses to Overturn Guard’s Civil Rights Conviction by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary has denied a former guard’s Rule 29 motion for judgment of acquittal. Seth Burke was charged with civil rights violations for using excessive force on prisoners at the Lucas County Jail in Ohio. Burke kicked one …
Court Rejects Claims by Chaplains Duped Into Working for Free by A California court has rejected a suit by a group of chaplains who alleged that they were not paid overtime for their work in excess of eight hours a day and/or 40 hours a week. The chaplains sued Santa …
$200,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment by Washington State’s King County paid $200,000 to settle the sexual harassment and hostile work environment claim of Jacqueline Galvan, who made claims relating to her employment at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention. The lengthy complaint in civil court details events from July …
$325,000 Award for Virginia Sheriff's Sexual Harrasment, Battery and Harassment by On January 15, 2008, a federal jury awarded a former sheriff's deputy $325,000 for battery and sexual harassment she suffered at the hands of a former sheriff. Lespia King, 22, a former deputy at the Roanoke City Jail in …
California Chaplains Lose Appeal in Compensation/Fraud Case by On June 5, 2008, a California appeals court affirmed a superior court ruling sustaining the demurrer in an action brought against Alameda County, California by three jail chaplains and Community Chaplains, Inc. (Appellants). Appellants' case alleged state law violations on the part …
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