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Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
CMS Liable for Prisoner's Failed Hip Prosthesis; $75,000 Awarded by Robert Woodman by Robert H. Woodman On January 9, 2004 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri found that Correctional Medical Services (CMS) and one of its employees, Gary Campbell, D.O., were liable for fourteen (14) months …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $105,000 for Shoulder Injury by New York Prisoner Awarded $105,000 For Shoulder Injury On December 15, 2003, a court of claims in Syracuse, New York, awarded $105,000 plus interest to a state prisoner who suffered a torn rotator cuff as the result of a construction accident. …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Oregon Prisoner's Allegation of Economic Damages States Sufficient Claim by Oregon Prisoner's Allegation Of Economic Damages States Sufficient Claim The Oregon Court of Appeals held that a state prisoner's allegation of economic damages stemming from the purported improper release of his medical records and substandard medical care stated a claim …
Oregon HCV Class Action Settled; Limitations Period for Individual Damages Actions Tolled by Mark Wilson Oregon HCV Class Action Settled; Limitations Period for Individual Damages Actions Tolled by Mark Wilson On April 6, 2004, the Class Action suit against the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) for failing to properly diagnose …
Jury Awards $500,000 to Massachusetts Jail Guard Harassed for Breaking Code of Silence by by Matthew T. Clarke A Boston federal jury has awarded $500,000 to a guard who was harassed at work by other jail employees after he reported misconduct by another guard. Bruce S. Baron, a former guard …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
Massachusetts Court Enjoins Sheriff from Charging Jail Prisoners Assorted Fees by Michael Rigby Massachusetts Court Enjoins Sheriff from Charging Jail Prisoners Assorted Fees by Michael Rigby The sheriff of Bristol County, Massachusetts, has been enjoined from gouging prisoners and their families on jail service fees in accordance with his Inmate …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Wisconsin District Court Reversed; PLRA Fee Limits Constitutional, Says Seventh Circuit by In a 6-5 decision marked by a plurality opinion and a strongly-worded dissent, the en banc Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, and held that provisions of the Prison …
CMS Must Pay $1.75 Million in Illinois Jail Suicide by John E Dannenberg CMS Must Pay $1.75 Million In Illinois Jail Suicide by John E. Dannenberg Correctional Medical Services (CMS), a private contractor providing all medical and mental health services at the Lake County, Ill. Jail, was ordered by a …
New York Prisoner Informant Awarded $7.65 Million In Failure-To-Protect Suit by Michael Rigby On May 3, 2004, a federal jury in Manhattan awarded $7.65 million to a New York prisoner who was nearly killed when another prisoner attacked him with a razor. The plaintiff had alleged in his civil rights …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Jury's $108,000 Verdict in New York Prisoner's Medical Claim Vacated by The Second Circuit Court of Appeal has affirmed a district court's order setting aside a jury's verdict of $108,000 in a prisoner's lawsuit alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. New York prisoner Juan Hernandez sustained multiple gunshot …
$15 Million Class Settlement In Sacramento Jail Strip-Search Suits by The Sacramento California Sheriff's Department agreed to a record $15 million settlement on June 4, 2004 to resolve federal and state lawsuits for damages and injunctive relief regarding illegal strip-search practices at the Sacramento County Jail. The suits stemmed from …
New York Prisoners Win Injury Awards, Lack of Expert Testimony Detrimental by Michael Rigby New York Prisoners Win Injury Awards, Lack Of Expert Testimony Detrimental by Michael Rigby In two separate cases, New York courts of claims awarded $3,500 to prisoners pursuing pro se personal injury claims against the state. …
U.S. Supreme Court: ADA Title II Implicates Due Process Right of Physical Access To The Courts by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. Supreme Court held that Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12132, which guarantees disabled individuals access …
$76,000 in Fees and Damages Awarded in Kansas Excessive Force Claim by Bob Williams The federal district court in Kansas has awarded a state prisoner $45,000 plus $30,913.90 for attorney fees and expenses in an excessive force claim brought against three prison guards. The court also denied qualified immunity, found …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
New York State Prisoner Awarded $30,000 for Work Related Injuries by On December 17, 2003, a state court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded state prisoner Jose Santos $30,000 for injuries he sustained while working in the industrial-unit paint shop at the Fishkill Correctional Facility. In his lawsuit, …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
Austin, Texas, Settles Wrongful Conviction Suit for $9 Million by by Matthew T. Clarke On July 17, 2003, the City of Austin, Texas settled for $9 million a suit brought by the guardian of a wrongfully convicted Texas prisoner. Richard Danziger, 31, a wrongfully convicted Texas state prisoner, spent 12 …
Survivors of Prisoner Killed in Texas County Jail Awarded $2,500,000 by On May 20, 2003, a state district court in El Paso, Texas, awarded $2.5 million in damages plus attorney fees and court costs of $393,518 to the surviving spouse, daughter and estate of a man who died while imprisoned …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
California No-Parole-Policy Suits For Damages And Injunctive Relief Fail by John E Dannenberg California No-Parole-Policy Suits For Damages And Injunctive Relief Fail by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Ap-peals affirmed the district court's dismissal of suits attacking an alleged unconstitutional no-parole policy that had been brought …
Fifth Circuit Vacates $70,000 Award Against Texas Prison Officials by Michael Rigby The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated and remanded the jury verdict in a Texas prisoner's failure-to-protect suit because the prisoner had not provided evidence supporting a jury finding of deliberate indifference against prison officials. …
Court Vacates Connecticut Jury Award of $30,000 for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Connecticut federal district court vacated a jury award of $30,000 because the prisoner plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies. Connecticut prisoner Lori Hock sued guard Paul Thipedeau for violating …
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