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Failure to Raise Issue in Rule 50 Motion Prohibits Argument on Appeal; $214,000 Verdict Upheld by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury’s verdict that found a municipality liable despite there being no finding of liability on the part of the individual defendants. The facts in this …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
Failure to Raise Issue in Rule 50 Motion Prohibits Argument on Appeal; $214,000 Verdict Upheld by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury’s verdict that found a municipality liable despite there being no finding of liability on the part of the individual defendants. The facts in this …
Federal Jury Awards $5 Million for Wrongful Conviction Involving Houston Crime Lab by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Texas federal jury awarded $5 million to a former prisoner who was wrongly convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault based in part on falsified evidence generated by the Houston Police Department’s …
Seventh Circuit Upholds $9,063,000 Award to Illinois Ex-Prisoner Exonerated by DNA by Brandon Sample On December 30, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a $9,063,000 jury award to a former prisoner, later exonerated by DNA evidence, whose criminal trial was rendered unfair by a police …
Oneida County, NY Jail Suicide Litigation Settled for $225,000 by In May 2008 the County of Oneida agreed to pay $100,000, and CNY Services agreed to pay $125,000, in settlement of a wrongful death claim brought by the parents of a 17-year-old detainee who committed suicide in the Oneida County …
$2.4 Million Settlement in Children’s Death Caused by California Jail Guard’s Driving by A $2.4 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit involving three children being killed in an automobile accident caused by a California jail guard on the way to work. As Tulare County guard Joseph D. Armstrong …
Los Angeles County Jail Agrees To Pay $900,000 to Settle Lawsuit over Inadequate Medical Care by Los Angeles County has agreed to pay $900,000 to a prisoner who lost his foot after staff at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) in California delayed processing a culture test that later …
Eighth Circuit Rejects Failure to Protect Claim by On July 9, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected a failure to protect claim brought by the family of a prisoner who was killed at the Sherburne County Jail in Minnesota. Carl Moyle was killed by his …
Article • December 15, 2009
$4.6 Million Federal Jury Award to New York Man Pushed Off Roof by Cop by On April 7, 2009, a New York federal jury awarded $4.2 million to a man who was rendered paraplegic when a rookie cop pushed him off a roof. Shawn Lewis, 32, was chased to the …
Massachusetts Man’s Estate Resolves Wrongful Conviction Suit for $14.1 Million by David Reutter In July 2009, the estate of a man who served over 18 years in Massachusetts prisons for a murder and robbery he did not commit reached a $3.4 million settlement with 5 of the 6 insurers for …
New Mexico County Immigrant Neighborhood Searches Enjoined by A New Mexico federal district court has issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits the County of Otero from engaging in “unconstitutional stops, searches, seizures, and discrimination pursuant to ‘operation Stonegarden,’” which seeks to round up illegal immigrants. Before the Court was the …
$1.95 Million Settlement in Michigan Man’s Taser Death by Michigan’s Shelby Township has paid $1.95 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed police used excessive force by using a Taser that resulted in a man’s death. Police confronted Steven Spears, 49, on August 4, 2007, after receiving a 911 call …
$102,205 Settlement in Portland, Oregon City Negligence of Officer’s Misconduct by The City of Portland, Oregon has paid $105,205 to two women who alleged a Portland Police Officer told them to lift their skirts and show him their underwear during a July 21, 2006, traffic stop or he would jail …
Fifth Circuit Upholds $14 Million Award Against Louisiana DA’s Office in Wrongful Conviction Suit; Affirmed by En Banc Ruling by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 19, 2008, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal jury award of $14 million in a case involving the wrongful conviction …
$500,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Raped by Jail Guard; Vacated on Post-Trial Motion by A New York federal jury awarded a woman $500,000 in a lawsuit claiming that her constitutional rights were violated when a guard forcibly raped her. The verdict, however, found the sheriff was not guilty of …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
$3,200 Awarded to Indiana Jail Prisoner for Negligent Medical Care by On December 2, 2008, a federal jury awarded Richard Petrig, a former prisoner, $3,200 for negligent medical care. Petrig was attacked by his cellmate while incarcerated at the Posey County Jail in Indiana. After the attack, Petrig told jail …
Marin County Agrees to Pay $300,000 to Prisoner Severely Injured After Being Denied Psych Meds by On September 13, 2006, the County of Marin, California agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a former Marin County prisoner who severely injured himself after being denied psychiatric medications. Jacob Neitzel had a …
PHS’s Policy of Profits over Medical Care Results in Death of Pregnant Prisoner’s Fetus by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner is not required to exhaust administrative remedies that jail officials do not let prisoners know exist. Additionally, the appellate court held that a jail …
Article • July 15, 2009
Citizens May Sue Government Under Section 526a to Enforce California Public Records Act by California’s Sixth District Court of Appeals has held that while California’s Public Records Act (CPRA) has a limited judicial remedy of determining whether a particular record or class of records must be disclosed, the purpose of …
Los Angeles County Settles Suit Alleging Wrongful Arrest and Excessive Force Resulting in Death for $475,000 by The County of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $475,000 to the estate of a man who died after being placed in the Total Appendage Restraint Procedure (TARP). The man, Devin Eichenlaub, was …
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