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Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Settlement Ends Forced Religious Classes in Tennessee Prison Industry Program by An employee for TRICOR, Tennessee’s prison industry program, received $80,994 to settle a lawsuit alleging he was forced to teach religious-based classes as part of his duties. The suit alleged First Amendment violations. Prior to taking a job as …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Wisconsin Paid Former Prison Employees $105,000 to Settle Harassment Cases by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Last year, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) paid $105,000 to settle a pair of federal civil rights lawsuits filed by two former employees. Both of the women claimed they were fired in retaliation …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
California: Whistle-blowing Prison Employee Fired, Loses Lawsuit by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For over two decades, federal courts have been issuing orders, injunctions and sanctions in an effort to force California’s prison system to provide adequate treatment to mentally ill prisoners. That approach does not appear to be working. …
LaGrone v. County of Colusa, CA, Settlement, Sexual Harassment of Employee, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS l. PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of All Claims ("Agreement") is made between Nicole LaGrone (hereinafter "Plaintiff' or "LaGrone") and Defendants Colusa County and John Anthony …
Indiana County Settles Jail Guard’s ADA/Discrimination Suit for $150,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In July 2017, an Indiana county settled a civil rights lawsuit brought by former jail guard Michael A. Jones that included claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The suit alleged the jail refused …
Article • May 8, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Former Pennsylvania Guards Settle FMLA Lawsuits for $110,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In March 2017, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania settled two federal lawsuits filed by former guards who alleged violations of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In the first case, the county agreed to pay $90,000 to settle …
$330,000 for Florida Prison Guards Abused at Training Academy by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) agreed to pay $330,000 to settle claims brought by a trio of former guards who alleged they were fired after complaining of being physically abused at the department’s training academy at the Wakulla Correctional …
Vasquez v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Settlement, Employment Discrimination - Gender, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE Edith Vasquez ("Plaintiff') and the County of Santa Clara ("County") enter into this Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement"). Collectively, Plaintiff and the County are referred to as the "Parties." They enter …
Brief • April 18, 2018
Filed under: Employee Litigation
Lopez v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Breach of Contract, 2018 1 2 3 4 5 6 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 7 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CENTRAL DISTRICT 8 9 OMAR A. LOPEZ, an Individual 10 Plaintiff, 11 12 V. ) CASE NO. BC626704 ) …
Brief • March 23, 2018
Holston v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Employee Litigation (Overtime Compensation), 2018 CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Confidential Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is entered into by and between Plaintiff Wayne Holston ("Plaintiff') on the one hand, and the County of Los Angeles ("Defendant") on …
Brief • March 8, 2018
Filed under: Employee Litigation
Salas v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Breach of Contract, 2018 McNICHOLAS & McNICHOLAS, LLP Matthew S. McNicholas, State Bar No. 190249 Courtney C. McNicholas, State Bar No. 130358 Abel P. Nair, State Bar No. 225686 10866 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1400 Los Angeles, California 90024 Tel: (310) 474-1582 Fax: …
Article • February 8, 2018
ND DOC Immune Claims of Injury Suit Unless Act Intentional by David Reutter by David Reutter The North Dakota Supreme Court held the North Dakota Department of Corrections (NDDOC) is immune from litigation unless an employee injury is due to intentional act of conscious purpose. Delmar Markel was a guard …
Cooper v. City of Newark, CA, Second Amended Complaint, Employment Discrimination - Gender, 2018 1 2 3 STEPHEN J. USOZ, SBN 189095 LESLIE HOLMES, SBN 192608 HOLMES & USOZ LLP 333 West Santa Clara Street, Suite 610 San Jose, California 95113 Telephone: (408) 292-7600 4 5 Attorneys for Plaintiff NICOLE …
Article • January 3, 2018
Federal Circuit: Reasonable Suspicion Required to Search Prison Employee's Car by On May 12, 2003, the court of appeals for the Federal Circuit held that reasonable suspicion was required to search a federal prison employee's car. Derrick A. Wiley was employed as a teacher at a federal Bureau of Prisons …
Article • January 3, 2018
Third Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Pennsylvania Guard's FLSA Suit by Sandra Babcock, a guard at the Butler County Prison in Butler, Pennsylvania, filed a putative class-action in federal court alleging Butler County was in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-209, et seq., for failing to …
Article • December 21, 2017
Male Vermont Prison Employees Paid $10,000; No Gender Discrimination Found by Mark Wilson The Vermont Supreme Court held that Vermont prison officials did not violate state law by paying male employees as much as $10,000 more annually than their female counterparts. Lynne Silloway began working as a business manager for …
Brief • November 29, 2017
Zee v. McDonnell, CA, Settlement Agreement, Retaliation (Wrongful Termination), 2017 SETTLEMENT AGHEEMl<:NT This Confidential Settlement Agreement and General Release of All Claims r·scttlcmcnt Agreement") is entered into between the following parties (''the Parties"): Plaintiff Tappan Zee ("Pluintifl") and Defendants Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department ("'LASD"). and County of Los Angeles …
Brief • October 12, 2017
Filed under: Employee Litigation
Salas v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Tort Claim, Breach of Contract, 2017 1 COMPLAINT OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION 2 BEFORE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 3 DEPARTMENT OF FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING Under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.) 4 5 6 In the …
Brief • September 25, 2017
Jane Doe v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Invasion of Privacy, 2017 ORli,INAL 1 2 3 4 5 Bradley C. Gage, Esq., S.B. No. 117808 Milad Sadr, Esq., S.B. No. 245080 LAW OFFICES OF GOLDBERG & GAGE A Partnership of Professional Law Corporations · 23002 Victory Boulevard Woodland Hills, …
Brief • September 18, 2017
USA v. Rhode Island DOC, RI, Settlement, Racial Discrimination in Hiring, 2017 Case 1:14-cv-00078-WES-LDA Document 80-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 1 of 48 PageID #: 1142 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, …
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