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CA Jail Deputies Allegedly Provoke Murder of Misidentified Child Molester by Other Prisoners; Wrongful Death Suit Settled for $600,000 by CA Jail Deputies Allegedly Provoke Murder of Misidentified Child Molester by Other Prisoners; Wrongful Death Suit Settled for $600,000 A prisoner booked into the Theo Lacy jail in Orange County, …
Thurston County Settles Jail Guard Murder Suit for $120,000 by Washington State’s Thurston County settled a lawsuit claiming it was responsible for a jail guard killing his wife with his service weapon for $120,000. The suit was brought by the guard’s two children. While off-duty on paid administrative leave on …
Florida Sheriff Approves $2 Million Settlement in Death of Deputy by Florida’s Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) has agreed to a $2 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by the family of a deputy who was killed in the line of duty. That lawsuit claimed the deputy died because BCSO …
“Cumulative Failure” Lets Mentally Ill Teen Leap to Death by A “cumulative failure” contributed to the death of an Oregon teenage mental patient, state investigators determined. Eighteen-year-old Heather Williams was a patient at the Blue Mountain Recovery Center, a state-run psychiatric hospital in Pendleton, Oregon. While being transported on December …
$3.1 Million Awarded to FBI Informant's Family by On October 16, 2008, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the September 2006 findings of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in awarding approximately $3.1 million to the estate of an FBI informant, John McEntyre, who was murdered after the …
$2,925,000 in Recent Settlements Involving Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The most recent developments in a thirty-year history of abuse and medical neglect of prisoners by Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) include three lawsuits in which the county paid almost $3 million …
District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld by Bob Williams District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld by Bob Williams Re-Direct, Inc., a company that provides services for juveniles for the District of Columbia, appealed the denial of …
Corruption in Orange County, CA Sheriff’s Department Revealed; Sheriff Resigns, Convicted on Criminal Charges by Marvin Mentor Corruption in Orange County, CA Sheriff’s Department Revealed; Sheriff Resigns, Convicted on Criminal Charges by Marvin Mentor Former Orange County, California Sheriff Michael S. Carona and many of his staff at the Theo …
Los Angeles Sheriff Department Report: Prisoner Lawsuits Slowed, But Payouts Grew by John Dannenberg Los Angeles Sheriff Department Report: Prisoner Lawsuits Slowed, But Payouts Grew by John E. Dannenberg In its July 2008 25th semi-annual report, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) reviewed prisoner litigation against the county in …
Violence at Oklahoma Prisons Leaves Two Dead, Twenty-Five Injured by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 19, 2008, at approximately 12:30 p.m., a fight broke out between Native American and black prisoners at the Oklahoma State Reformatory (OSR) in Granite. When the skirmish ended five minutes later, two prisoners …
Dallas County Liable for Placing Suicidal Prisoner in Cell with Corded Phone by by Matt Clarke A Texas Court of Appeals has held that the state district court correctly denied Dallas County’s jurisdictional challenge and no-evidence motion for summary judgment in a suit involving the placement of a suicidal prisoner …
New Jersey Police's Negligent Duty Performance Induces City Liability by New Jersey resident Shana Massachi, estate administratrix for Sohayla Massachi, appealed her state tort suit dismissal after inadequate police procedures allegedly resulted in Sohayla's death. The dismissal was reversed because statutory immunity does not apply to negligently preformed ministerial duties …
Rice v. City and County of Denver Co, Order Denying Def Mot for Protective Order, Wrongful Death, 2008 Westlaw Delivery Summary Report for SATAWA,MARK Date/Time of Request: Client Identifier: Database: Citation Text: Lines: Documents: Images: Friday, December 26, 2008 12:51 Eastern TMLOEB DCT Slip Copy 442 1 0 The material …
Massachusetts Jail Conditions Unconstitutional Says U.S. Department of Justice by Gary Hunter A report released by the U.S. Justice Department (USJD), on May 1, 2008, concluded that conditions in the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction (HOC) in Massachusetts violated the constitutional rights of prisoners in its custody. The …
Brief • October 24, 2008
Texas v. GEO Group, Indictment, De La Rosa wrongful death, 2008
Spokane Jail Prisoner Murdered in Cell, County Settles Lawsuit for $180,000 by The Spokane County, Washington, Commissioner has agreed to settle a civil rights action prosecuted by the family of a prisoner who was murdered by his cellmates at the Geiger Correction Center (Geiger) in Spokane County for $180,000. In …
Evidence in Arizona Fatal Prisoner Abuse Suit Tailored in In Limine Ruling by The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona ruled in limine on pre trial evidence following the denial of qualified immunity for Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio in a § 1983 suit involving the death of …
Stay Pending Qualified Immunity Interlocutory Appeal Rejected in Arizona Prisoner Death Suit by Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joseph Arpaio filed a motion to stay litigation pending an interlocutory appeal on the denial of qualified immunity in a lawsuit filed by the parents of Tent City prisoner Phillip Wilson, who was …
Alabama Prisoner’s Estate Loses Product Liability Suit by Louis Horn, an Alabama state prisoner, was killed by three other prisoners who picked his cell door lock and beat him to death. His estate filed a product liability case in state court against Southern Steel Co., the firm that made the …
Suit Over Mental Patient’s Murder Dismissed by The decedent was strangled by another mental patient, who had the previous day threatened to kill someone in order to be transferred to the other building, and who had attempted to choke another patient previously. The defendant doctor had met with the assailant …
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