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Washington State Settles DOC Slip-and-Fall Claim for $20,000 by On July 7, 2007, the State of Washington settled for $20,000 a tort claim filed by woman who was injured by a fall at a Department of Corrections office in Kennewick. The woman was a health care provider earning $829.00 a …
Washington State Settles Prisoner's Premises Defect Suit for $5,000 by On June 29, 2007, the State of Washington settled for $5,000 a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who had been injured due to a premises defect at a state prison kitchen. Louis R. Pace was a Washington State prisoner incarcerated …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington State Pays Employee $1,152.99 for Damage to Car by On May 9, 2007, Washington State paid $1,152 to a Department of Corrections (DOC) employee whose car was .damaged as she pulled out of an employee parking space. Elain Harmon, a DOC employee, was pulling out of a parking space …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
$300,000 Settlement in New York City Jail Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Accident by The City of New York paid $300,000 to settle a prisoner’s slip and fall injury. The settlement came after a jury was picked for trial. As prisoner Troy Washington was walking back to his cell at the …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
$100,000 Settlement in New York Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Claim by The State of New York agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a prisoner’s slip and fall claim that occurred at the Groveland Correctional Facility. The settlement comes in a claim filed by prisoner James Mahoney, who was assigned as …
$60,000 Settlement for Washington Prisoner Injured by Chemical Spill by The State of Washington paid $60,000 to settle a prisoner’s claim that he was injured due to a chemical spill. While working in the kitchen at the McNeil Island Correction Center, prisoner George D. Douglas reached for a chemical bottle …
$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 …
Article • January 15, 2010
New York City Pays $5.5 Million to Suspect Hit By Cop Car by The City of New York agreed to pay an admitted drug user who was hit by a police car while fleeing police one of the highest personal-injury payouts of fiscal year 2009: $5.5 million. Manuel Martinez, 29, …
$25,000 Settlement For Tourist Injured Visiting Alcatraz by On January 26, 2009, the United States agreed to pay $25,000 to a tourist injured while visiting Alcatraz, a federal prison turned national park. Roberta Klein sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act after she fell and suffered severe …
Article • December 15, 2009
TDCJ Pays $100,000 to Settle MVA Personal Injury Case by On May 28, 2004, the TDCJ agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to Linda Holcomb for injuries she suffered in a motor vehicle accident on November 14, 2001 involving her and TDCJ employee, Rickey Neeley. Represented by Palestine, Texas attorney …
Article • December 15, 2009
TDCJ Settles MVA Personal Injury Suit by On April 8, 2005, an undisclosed settlement was reached in a personal injury suit filed against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and Department employee, Ronald Babic. Represented by Texas City attorney Russell G. Burwell III of Burwell, Burwell, & Nebout, LLP, …
Pennsylvania County Prisons Mired in Conditions Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Whether or not a large number of lawsuits is indicative of management or operational problems at a prison or jail is a matter of debate that depends on one’s perspective – that is, which side of …
Article • September 15, 2009
$2,000 Settlement in Vehicle Damage Claim by Washington State’s King County has paid $1,960.37 to settle the claim of PHH Arval Vehicle Management Services. On December 10, 2007, PHH’s driver was going through an intersection when a county-owned vehicle pulling a trailer, driven by Patti Porter, attempted to pass and …
Article • September 15, 2009
$13,500 Settlement in Premise Liability Claim by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $13,500 to Sandra K. Thompson for injuries that occurred when she stepped in a hole in the sidewalk of the Juvenile Justice Center, which caused her to step into a bigger hole. As a result, she …
Article • September 15, 2009
$14,000 Settlement in Accident Caused by County Employee Running Red Light by Washington State’s King County has paid $14,000 to settle the claim of Galina Labaz, who was injured when her car was hit by a county vehicle driven by King County employee Debra Hindman. As she was driving through …
Article • September 15, 2009
$35,000 Settlement in Knee Injury at Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County has paid $35,000 to settle the claim of Otis Hubbard, who claimed that he was pushed backwards at the Regional Justice Center Jail on July 16, 2000. The claim does not say who pushed Hubbard backwards, causing …
Article • September 15, 2009
$4,400 Settlement in Slip and Fall at Jail by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $4,443 to settle the slip and fall claim of Patricia Hayes. While visiting her brother at the jail on November 17, 2004, Hayes slipped and fell on a wet surface. It caused a contusion …
Article • September 15, 2009
$7,500 Settlement in Worker’s Compensation Suit against Snohomish County Jail by Washington State’s Snohomish County paid $7,500 to settle the worker’s compensation negligence law suit of Michelle M. Benton, who worked in the County Jail’s kitchen as an employee of Compass Group U.S.A., Inc., which is the jail’s private food …
Article • September 15, 2009
$23,000 Settlement in Auto Accident by Seattle Jail Employee by Washington State’s King County paid $23,094.30 to settle the claim of Larisa Labaz, who was driving through an intersection on a green light when county employee Debra Hindman ran a red light in a juvenile division vehicle and hit Labaz’s …
Article • September 15, 2009
$25,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Slip and Fall by Washington State’s King County paid $25,214.38 to settle the claim of Paul R. Cory, who claimed that on January 26, 2001, he fell when attempting to enter the recreational area over the raised step-like entryway with metal strips on top. Cory …
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