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Article • May 15, 2007
$6,285,436 Awarded In Washington Parolee Wrongful Death Suit by In 1997 a Pierce county Superior Court Jury in Washington awarded $6,285,436 to Sylvia McFarland for the wrongful death of her 17 year old daughter Meeka Willinham. On August 19, 1994, a man named Johnny Robert Eggers entered Meeka's bedroom and …
Article • May 15, 2007
$250,000 Settlement In Washington Parolee Wrongful Death Suit by In 1996 the Washington State Department of Corrections gave Bruce J. Bauer a $250,000 settlement for the death of his father by a parolee. In 1994 Donald W. Sherman, killed Lester E. Bauer, M.D., in Las Vegas, Nevada. Donald Sherman was …
Article • May 15, 2007
$100,000 Paid in Murder Committed by Negligently Supervised WA Parolee by Dexter Villa was shot in the head and killed by Washington parolee Nathan Brightman. Villa's wife filed suit in Pierce county superior court alleging the Washington Department of Corrections failed to implement and enforce an appropriate parole plan to protect the …
Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $1.9 Million in Rape-Murder; County Escapes Liability by The Washington Supreme Court has held that Mason County had no duty to warn the public of a sex offender in the community, thus the County could not be held liable for negligence. The ruling came in a lawsuit …
Article • May 15, 2007
U.S. Liable to Victim for Failing to Treat Psychotic Prisoner by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that the United States was liable for the behavior of an untreated, psychotic prisoner who raped and killed three women in Alabama after being released from BOP custody. U.S. was …
Article • May 15, 2007
$2,250,000 Paid in Negligent Supervision of Washington Parolee by On January 11, 1998, Warrick Washington, a dangerous and mentally- ill Washington parolee, shot and killed two teenage boys playing videogames at a friend's house. Prior to the shooting Washington had knowingly violated terms of his parole no less than four …
Article • May 15, 2007
$3.5 Million Paid in Stabbing Death by Washington Parolee by Jeanne Baker filed a claim for damages in the stabbing death of her father, Stanley A. Stevenson, on August 24, 1997. Stevenson was stabbed on a Seattle street by Dan Van Ho, who was under the custody, control and/or supervision …
Article • May 15, 2007
Affirmative Action, Special Relationship Required For Government Liability by The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio held that barring a "special relationship" with the victim and any affirmative action taken by the county, defendant county was not liable for the death of a man shot by …
Article • May 15, 2007
Idaho DOC/Employer not Liable for Negligently Supervising Probationer by The Idaho Supreme Court held that the state Department of Corrections ("DOC") and the private employer of a probationer were not responsible for the rape and murder committed by the probationer. In 1994, Corey Hood was convicted of statutory rape, sentenced …
Article • May 15, 2007
$225,000 Tort Claim Settlement In Washington Parolee Wrongful Death Suit by In 1998 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a tort claim with Jenifer R. Monroe, and John C. Pagel for $225,000, for the wrongful death of their mother Terri J. Dobler by a Washington State Parolee. Charles Epperson …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington: $260,000 to Family of Woman Killed By Escaped Prisoner by On November 5, 1991, the State of Washington agreed to pay $260,000 to the family of a woman who was kidnapped and murdered by an escaped work release prisoner. In 1988, while serving a 12-year sentence for two separate …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington Appeals Court Reverses SJ on Negligent Supervision Claim by In an unpublished opinion, the Washington Court of Appeals held that a lower court erred in finding that a city's probation department owed no duty to citizens and was immune from suit. Jong Hoon Kim had a long history of …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Texas Parole System Sick From Top to Bottom by Gary Hunter Texas Parole System Sick From Top to Bottom by Gary Hunter Parole in Texas has never been very reputable. During the 1920s and 30s Miriam Ma Ferguson, Texas first female governor, and her husband Pa Ferguson, who preceded his …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Verdic by Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Verdict; Settles for $6.5 Million In a 6-3 decision, the Washington Supreme Court reaffirmed its earlier holdings that the state may be held liable …
Michigan DOC Improperly Calculated Sentences and Released Prisoners; Officials Fired and Demoted by Gary Hunter Prisoner release procedures in the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) suffer from serious flaws, according to the Intake Processing Unit (IPU). The IPU undertook an audit and review of the way the DOC determined prisoner …
Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Award by In a 6-3 decision, the Washington Supreme Court reaffirmed its earlier holdings that the state may be held liable for negligent supervision of offenders. However, the court vacated a $22.4 million verdict resulting from a 2000 …
Article • January 15, 2006 • from PLN January, 2006
11th Circuit Finds S.Ct. Overruled Heightened Pleading Standard by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the heightened pleading standard is not applicable in a § 1983 action against a non-governmental entity that cannot raise qualified immunity as a defense" pursuant to Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence & …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
$150,000 for Inadequate Oregon Sex Offender Supervision Resulting in Death of Child by On July 15, 2004, the Multnomah County, Oregon, Board of Commissions voted unanimously to pay $150,000 to settle a wrongful death action filed by the family of a teenage girl who was raped and murdered by a …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
$22 Million Washington Parole Liability Verdict Affirmed, Review Granted by State Supreme Court by $22 Million Washington Parole Liability Verdict Affirmed, Review Granted by State Supreme Court On August 8, 1997, Vernon Valdez Stewart stole a car, sped through an intersection in Tacoma, Washington, and collided with another vehicle. The …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Washington DOC/King County Settles Negligent Supervision Case for $3.1 Million by Washington DOC/King County Settles Negligent Supervision Case for $3.1 Million On March 9, 2003, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and King County agreed to pay $3.1 million to the family of a woman who was brutally raped and …
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