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Article • May 15, 2007
$10,000 Paid in WA Unfair Labor Practice Charges by Pauline Wesen was a Sergeant at the Washington Corrections Center. In January 2001 she became the subject of untrue rumors started by staff members to defame her. She was eventually demoted to guard. Her complaint with the Offices of Risk Management …
Article • May 15, 2007
$14,000 Tort Claim Settlement In Washington On Smoking Suit by In 1999 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a tort claim with correctional sergeant, Ladean Ryan for $14,000. In 1995 the plaintiff complained to her supervisor at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton that she could not work in …
Article • May 15, 2007
$26,467 Awarded In Washington Employee Disability Suit by In 1995 the Washington State Department of Corrections was ordered to pay $20,000 for attorney's fees and $6,467 for costs incurred, for a total of $26,467 to Larry Uribe the DOC's statewide grievance coordinator. In 1986 Larry Uribe suffered a stroke and …
$27,500 Tort Claim Settlement In Washington Employee Sexual Harassment Suit by In 1999 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a law suit with parole officer, Joanna Prideaux an employee at the Spokane parole office, for $27,500 for sexual harassment and retaliation. In 1998 Prideaux complained of incidents of sexual …
Article • May 15, 2007
$59,000 Paid in WA DOC Employee's Sexual Harassment Case by Jobina Pritchett was terminated as an employee of the Washington State McNeil Island Corrections Center after she reported to supervisors that she sexually harassed by fellow employees. Jobina and her husband Frank, represented by Stephen L. Bulzoni of the Messina …
$62,000 Paid in WA DOC Cook's Sexual Harassment Suit by Cheryl J. Danner was employed at the Washington Correction Center as a kitchen employee. For over a year she was subjected to sexually explicit comments, directions, innuendo, and indecent propositions by her supervisor Oliver Coleman. After Danner filed a complaint …
$30,000 Tort Claim Award In Washington Employee Discrimination Suit by In 2000 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a tort claim with Dave P. Rotz a cook at the McNeil Island Correctional Center in Steilacoom for $30,000. In 1996 Rotz was subject to discrimination due to his disability and …
$40,000 Settlement In Washington Employee Wrongful Termination Suit by In 1999 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a law suit with Dorothy Holt and Janet Holt, mother and daughter who were nurses at Washington Corrections Center, for $40,000 for wrongful termination. Plaintiff's brought suit after being terminated for complaining …
Article • May 15, 2007
$45,000 Awarded In Washington Employee Discrimination Suit by In 1994 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a law suit with Sergeant Lonny Earles for $45,000. In 1985 Earles was working at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, he filed a grievance against Lieutenant Grandemontagne for threatening to pull him …
Article • May 15, 2007
$47,000 Settlement In Washington Employee Wrongful Termination Suit by In 1998 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a law suit with Debra M. Schruder for $47,000. In 1995 Ms.Schruder was terminated from her position as a guard. Ms.Schruder was injured while working for DOC and while she was recovering …
Article • May 15, 2007
$49,500 Settlement In Washington Employee Discrimination Suit by In 1997 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a law suit with Victor Carter, Kathy Allen, and Pablo Mendoza for $16,500 each for a total of $49,500. All three plaintiffs were employed at the Yakima-Kittitas County Work Release as guards. They …
Article • May 15, 2007
$60,000 Tort Claim Settlement In Washington Employee Discrimination Suit by In 1999 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a tort claim with Deborah J. Landberg an employee at DOC headquarters for discrimination because of her medical condition. In 1997 the plaintiff had tried to come back to work after …
Article • May 15, 2007
WA Civil Servant Cannot Sue Under Contract Law Relevant to Employment by A Washington State Court of Appeals held a civil servant may not use contract law against the state when the suit arises from his employment, nor may contract law circumvent the doctrine of equitable estoppels. Gary S. Weber, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prison Superintendent's Demotion for Misconduct Upheld by Craig Hilliard, former Superintendent in charge of the Davidson County Correctional Center of the North Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC), appealed an administrative decision that he engaged in multiple acts of misconduct. Hilliard was demoted to the position of Programs Supervisor and filed …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington State Prison Nurse's Wrongful Termination Claim Survives Summary Judgment by Washington State Prison Nurse's Wrongful Termination Claim Survives Summary Judgment Licensed Practical Nurse Jayne Morse filed a state court civil rights action against Washington State prison personnel alleging retaliatory discharge in violation of the First Amendment and wrongful termination …
Personal Capacity Suits Not Barred by 11th Amendment by The United States Supreme Court has held that state officials sued in their individual capacities are "persons" within the meaning of Section 1983; the Eleventh Amendment does not bar such suits, nor are state officers absolutely immune from personal liability under …
$175,000 Paid in WA Guard's Second Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit by Madge Wheelock, a Sergeant at Monroe Command for the Washington Department of Corrections, was subjected to continued sexual harassment and retaliation, which occurred after she received a judgment under Snohomish County Case No. 85-2-04790-5 in the amount of …
Sanctions Upheld, New Trial Ordered Over Use of Plaintiffs Sexual History at Trial by Sanctions Upheld, New Trial Ordered Over Use of Plaintiffs Sexual History at Trial The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held a complaint filed by a female officer of the Maui Police Department with the Hawaiian Civil …
$7,701 Paid in WA DOC Employees Discrimination Claim by Stacy Lee Sund filed a tort claim with the Washington office of Risk Management alleging that the assistant director of the office of Correctional Industries stated she got pregnant in order to take advantage of the state system and medical benefits …
$35,000 Award In Indiana Prison Guard Gender Discrimination Suit by On April 18, 2002 an Indiana federal jury awarded Johnana Horn, a prison lieutenant at the Wabash Valley Prison, a $35,000 verdict for gender discrimination by her employer the Department Of Corrections (DOC). In 1998 Horn was working the night …
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