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$75,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Negligence Claim Injury Due to Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition by The Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $75,000 to settle a prisoner’s negligence claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by Florida prisoner Thomas Less Stevens. Stevens alleged in his complaint against Wackenhut that on December …
$25,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $25,000 to settle the negligence lawsuit of prisoner Donnell Thomas for injuries sustained while helping unload supplies from an Aramark food service vehicle. While being held at Lorton Correctional Facility on August 4, 2000, …
Article • March 15, 2011
$6,000 Settlement in Washington DOC Slip and Fall Suit by The State of Washington paid $6,000 to settle the lawsuit of Cherie Linn Sims for injuries sustained from a cracked sidewalk. While walking down the sidewalk at Airway Heights Correction Center on October 27, 2003 around 8:30 p.m., Sims tripped …
Article • March 15, 2011
$1,300 Settlement in D.C. Jail Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $1,300 to settle the lawsuit of Prisoner Rickie Henderson for injuries sustained when he slipped and fell in the shower. While at the D.C. Jail on April 8, 2003 Henderson slipped on the …
Article • March 15, 2011
$2,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Burn from Exposed Hot Pipe by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $2,000 to settle a negligence suit filed by prisoner Neal Bowman for injuries sustained from burning his leg on an exposed hot pipe. While working out in the gymnasium of DC’s Occoquan Facility …
Article • March 15, 2011
$2,500 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Fall from Bunk Suit by The District of Columbia paid $2,500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Michael J. Hinnant, for falling out of his top bunk and hitting his head. While incarcerated at the D.C. Jail on March 11, 2004, Hinnant received a bottom …
Article • March 15, 2011
D.C. Guard Settles Slip and Fall Suit for $50,000 by On June 21, 2001, the District of Columbia paid $50,000 to settle with a guard who had sued the District in D.C. Superior Court for negligence after she slipped and fell on a wet floor. According to the complaint, the …
Ninth Circuit Holds Private Prison Companies Can Be Sued Under Bivens for Violating Federal Prisoner’s Rights by Derek Gilna On June 7, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Richard Lee Pollard, a prisoner in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
$99,999 Settlement for Michigan Prisoner Damaged by Second-Hand Smoke by A Michigan prisoner accepted $99,999 to settle a lawsuit for damages and injuries he suffered as a result of prison officials’ failure to follow medical prescriptions to house him in a non-smoking environment. Prior to being housed at Carson City …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $7,500 after Prisoner Fell from Bunk by On August 30, 2005, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay $7,500 to a prisoner who fell from his bunk while at the Sacramento County Main Jail (SCMJ). The prisoner claimed deliberate indifference to his safety. Peter Heines …
$12,000 Award to Wheelchair-Bound NY Prisoner for Fall off Loading Ramp by A New York Court of Claims awarded a prisoner $12,000 for injuries incurred by a fall off a curb while in a wheelchair. Prisoner Darin Carathers became a paraplegic after sustaining a gun shot wound to the neck …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Flushing Junk Down Jail Toilets Damages Sewer System, Prompts $2.3 Million Settlement in California Lawsuit by In October 2009, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors tentatively agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged county prisoners were damaging the adjoining sewer system by clogging it up …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $500 to Settle Slip and Fall Suit by On October 12, 2006, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay $500 to a prisoner who alleged that he slipped and fell twice in a shower at the Sacramento Main Jail (SMJ) due to deliberated indifference by …
Article • May 15, 2010
$300,000 Settlement in City of New York Jail Slip and Fall by The City of New York paid $300,000 to settle a prisoner’s lawsuit claiming injuries from unsafe and hazardous conditions. Troy Washington, a prisoner at Riker’s Island Correctional Facility, on November 12, 2004, slipped and fell on water that …
Massachusetts DOC Agrees to Pay $15,000 to Settle ADA Suit by On October 24, 2005, the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a suit brought by a prisoner under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for $15,000. Paul Shedlock sued the DOC after staff at MCI Norfolk refused …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $7,500 to Settle Slip and Fall Claim by On July 29, 2002, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay a woman $7,500 who slipped and fell while attempting to use the toilet the Sacramento Main Jail. Denise Gilliatt was moved into a cell that jail …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington Pays $12,000 for Slip on Ice at Probation Office by On December 17, 2008, the state of Washington paid $12,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who slipped on an iced-over puddle and fell onto the parking lot of a probation office in Marysville, Washington. As a …
Washington State Prisoner Cannot Sue State for Volleyball Injury Caused by Oversized Shoes by On September 21, 2009, the Washington State Court of Appeals held that a prisoner cannot recover damages from the state for injuries she received while playing volleyball in oversized sport shoes issued to her by the …
Washington State Settles Prisoner's Personal Injury Claim for $20,000 by On January 8, 2007, the State of Washington settled for $20,000 a personal injury claim brought by a state prisoner. Michael Humburgs, a Washington State state prisoner, was incarcerated at the Larch Mountain Corrections Center when he injured his ankle. …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Who Fell from His Bunk by On July 10, 2007, the State of Washington agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who fell from his bunk. Jody Allen Miller was assigned to a lower bunk at the Wall Walla Washington State Penitentiary …
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