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$4 Million Settlement In Rape and Beating Death of Mentally Ill New Jersey Prisoner by Michael Rigby by Michael Rigby The daughters of a mentally ill man who was raped and beaten to death by another prisoner in New Jersey's Camden County Correctional Facility (CCCF) will receive a combined $4 …
Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share by Gary Hunter For-profit private prison operator Management & Training Corporation (MTC) has recently lost lucrative contracts to run prisons in the United States and Canada. While the private prison industry is dominated by industry giants Corrections Corporation of America, Geo …
Sixth Circuit: United States Not Liable in Prisoner's Murder by On February 26, 2004 the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the United States was immune, pursuant to the "discretionary function exemption" of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), from liability in a lawsuit brought by the family …
$3,500 Paid for Injuries Sustained in WA Prison Riot by Reginald Halsell, a McNeil Island prisoner, filed suit in Washington's Pierce County Superior Court alleging negligent supervision on September 5, 1995, that resulted in riot that caused death to one prisoner and unspecified serious injuries to Halsell. On September 7, …
Estate of Murdered Tennessee Prisoner Awarded $75,000 by In January 1999, a Tennessee court awarded $75,000 to the estate of a prisoner who was attacked and killed by another prisoner. The estate claimed that prison officials were negligent for housing the decedent with a convicted murderer who had previously threatened …
Article • May 15, 2007
Family Lacks Standing to Sue over Prisoner Murder by The decedent was stabbed to death in prison and family members sued. The family members lack standing to sue in their personal capacities because these facts don't give rise to a claim for interference with familial relationships. At 309: "State action …
No One Liable in Jail Prisoner's Mysterious Death by The decedent, a 39-year-old homemaker, dropped her kids off at school, then was arrested for driving while drugged because she was having difficulty speaking and walking. A few hours later she was found strangled to death. Nobody knows who did it …
133 Prisoners Killed in Dominican Republic Prison Fire by A fight between rival gangs for control of a Dominican Republic prison resulted in a fire that killed 133 prisoners. Prisoners caused the blaze by setting ablaze their pillows and sheets. Attempts to rescue them were thwarted by a jammed door. …
Sixth Circuit Finds No Deliberate Indifference in Prison Employee's Death by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment to officials of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) and the Huron Valley Men's Facility (HVMF) in a case alleging that a prison employee's …
City Liable when Informant Killed by City Liable When informant Killed A prisoner's wife sued the Muskogee, Oklahoma city/federal jail under § 1983 for failing to protect her husband, an informant killed by jail prisoners. Plaintiff's husband was convicted but not yet sentenced. Case went to trial and jury awarded …
Summary Judgment Precluded By Fact Issues in Jail Killing by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that material issues of fact precluded summary judgment in favor of jail officials who were being sued by the family of a murdered prisoner. After William Arena Cortes was killed …
$4.1 Million Settlement Approved in Deadly Ohio Riot Litigation by An Ohio Federal District Court approved a settlement agreement and awarded attorney fees and costs from a common fund in litigation in the third- deadliest prison riot in recent United States history, during which nine prisoners and one guard were …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prison Stabbing Violates Eight Amendment by The Sixth Circuit has held that a prisoner's Eighth Amendment rights were violated when he was stabbed to death while prison guards watched and did not render assistance. Prisoner Jerry Fails was working as a janitor at the Tennessee State Penitentiary when he was …
D.C. Prisoner Death Suit Verdict of $1,030,002 Excessive by The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's order holding a jury's award excessive. The jury entered verdicts against the District of Columbia, for negligence with an award of $1 under the Wrongful Death Suit Act (WDSA) claim, …
$6,798 Paid for Injuries Sustained in Washington Riot by James C. Cobb and Carvell Gardner, McNeil Island prisoners, filed suit in Washington's Pierce County Superior Court alleging negligent supervision on September 5, 1992, that resulted in a riot that caused death to one prisoner and unspecified to severe injuries to …
Article • May 15, 2007
$685,002 Verdict For Family of Child Killed with Police Radio by This is the case of the kid who fled the police on a bicycle and died after a police officer hit him in the head with his radio. A jury awarded his mother $605,001 for use of force resulting …
No Qualified Immunity in Prison Murder by The Tenth circuit affirmed an Oklahoma district court order denying summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds, and a stay of discovery, to Oklahoma prison officials. The appeals court held that the prisoner's stabbing and strangulation death by other prisoners created a genuine issue …
State Not Liable for Death of Guards by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held that the state of Illinois was not liable for the death of three guards and the injury of three guards during a prison riot. The court held the guards had no constitutional right …
$1,063,000 Verdict in Florida Prisoner's Wrongful Death by This action was brought by the estate of decedent, who was in his 30's, alleging improper characterization of prisoners and negligent food distribution. The decedent was placed in a cell with a convicted murderer. A dispute erupted over orange juice. The ensuing …
$3,251,000 Verdict Rendered in California Detainee's Murder by On April 8, 1992, a 32 year-old was arrested for parole violation and possession of controlled substances. He was booked into the Fresno County Main Jail in California. He was housed in a maximum-security cell that was designed for three prisoners; the …
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