$15,000 Settlement for Failure to Protect DC Prisoner from Stabbing by The District of Columbia paid $15,000 to settle a negligence lawsuit brought by Jesse L. Bell for injuries resulting from being stabbed within the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. Bell was stabbed from behind by another prisoner on …
$1,000 Settlement for DC Jail Prisoner Assaulted by Guards, Property Destroyed by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $1,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Gardner Bradley, arising from his assault by guards and the destruction of his property. The facts underlying the complaint occurred at the DC Jail. The …
$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 …
$1,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Denture Denial Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $1,500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Richard Hunter for deliberate indifference in refusing to provide him with dentures. While at the D.C. Jail on November 9, 2000 Hunter informed the dental staff, Dr. Bowles, …
$1,500 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Stabbing by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $1,500 to settle a negligence suit by prisoner Thomas Bartley for injuries sustained from being stabbed. While in the Central Facility of the DC Department of Corrections on October 29, 1998, Bartley was stabbed by other prisoners …
$1,629.05 Settlement in Suit over D.C. Jail’s Failure to Pay Wages by The District of Columbia paid $1,629.05 to settle the Lawsuit of ex-employee Greg Jackson for failure to pay wages for his land maintenance work. While working at the D.C. Jail in 1997 through September, 1998 Jackson, a supervisor …
$1,750 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Assault Resulting in Brain Damage Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $1,750 to settle the negligence suit filed by prisoner David Ambrose for injuries sustained in an assault by two other prisoners. While in front of the guard’s control bubble near the gymnasium …
$2,000 Settlement in Confiscation of DC Prisoner’s Medical Braces by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $2,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by prisoner Patrick Brady, claiming a guard confiscated his medical braces. The confiscation occurred on July 27, 1997, which was three days after doctors at the DC General …
$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 …
$2,000 Settlement in Slander Case; Guard Labeling Prisoner a Snitch by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $2,000 to settle a slander suit filed by prisoner Eric Brown. His complaint alleged that following a February 19, 1998 homicide at the DC Jail, a guard told other guards and prisoners that …
$2,500 in D.C. Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $2,500 to settle an Eighth Amendment lawsuit filed by prisoner Cornell Barber. Barber was at D.C.’s Central Facility in Lorton, Virginia in March, 2001. On March 1, Cornell received a hemorrhoidectemy to remove hemorrhoids from his …
$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 …
$3,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $3,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Eyassu Teklu for negligence. While at the D.C. Jail on January 10, 1998 Teklu was assaulted and battered by another prisoner with an iron pipe, causing severe …
$3,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Raw Sewage Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $3,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Arnold A. Jefferson for negligence. While at the D.C. Jail on September 21, 1999, Jefferson was bitten by a “black worm” from backed up sewage pipes, causing him …
$5,000 Settlement for D.C. Prisoner’s Stabbing, Failure to Protect by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $5,000 to settle the negligence claim of Octavious Clark for injuries suffered from a stabbing by another prisoner. While at D.C.’s Jail on September 7, 1998, Clark was attacked by another prisoner while watching …
$5,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Assault with Weapon by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $5,000 to settle the negligence suit of prisoner James Carson for injuries he sustained by the assault of another prisoner. While at DC’s Central Facility on November 11, 2000, Carson was struck by another prisoner …
$5,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Wrongful Medical Death Following Surgery by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $5,000 to settle a multi-count complaint in the death of prisoner Benjamin Brown following surgery for a colon reattachment. The complaint concerned the April 20, 2002 death of Brown at DC’s Central Treatment …
D.C. Employee Fired for Delivering Unopened Letter Settles for $30,000 by On March 26, 2004, The District of Columbia paid $30,000 to settle with a Department of Corrections employee who was fired for attempting to have an unopened letter delivered to a prisoner. The suit, filed in the U.S. District …
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 …
D.C. Pays $5,000 Settlement in Stabbed Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $5,000 to settle the negligence suit of prisoner Antonio Avery for injuries resulting from a stabbing by other prisoners. While at D.C.’s Central Facility in Lorton, Virginia on June 11, 1999, Avery …
