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New York Guard Awarded $120,000 for Hostile Work Environment From Racial Discrimination by New York Guard Awarded $120,000 for Hostile Work Environment From Racial Discrimination A New York federal jury has awarded a guard $120,000 in his claim that fellow guards created a hostile work environment for him because he …
Article • May 15, 2007
$35,000 Paid to Florida Jail Nurse for Assault by On November 12, 1988, while employed as a nurse at Florida's Palm Beach County Jail, Ella Donald was assaulted by a prisoner on suicide watch after a guard opened the prisoner's cell. The prisoner charged through the door, striking Donald. She …
Article • May 15, 2007
$43,000 Paid in Washington DOC Employee's Gender Discrimination Claim by Scott A. Hepler works for the Washington Department of Corrections as a Community Corrections Officer. In early 1999, Hepler applied for a lateral transfer within WDOC for a position as Community Corrections Officer II at the community-oriented policing station known …
$9,500 Paid in Washington DOC Employee's Whistleblower Suit by William C. Dalton, a nurse at Washington's McNeil Island Correctional Center, repeatedly raised issues regarding deficiencies in equipment, protocol and staffing at MICC. In July 1996, Dalton was instructed to participate in chemotherapy for a patient/prisoner at MICC. Dalton became concerned …
NY DOCS Policy Possibly Violates ADA Prohibition Against Disability Inquiry by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a New York Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) policy requiring employees to provide general diagnoses as part of a medical certification procedure following certain absences generally fell within …
Presumed Damage Award Upheld in First Amendment Case by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a general damage award is appropriate in a First Amendment case and such an award allows an attorney fee award. This case was brought by a Winchester, Kentucky fireman, who was suspended from …
Removal Not Precluded By Single Eleventh Amendment Barred Claim by The United States Supreme Court held that a single claim barred by the Eleventh Amendment doctrine of sovereign immunity did not preclude removal to federal court. Keith Schacht, a former guard employed by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, was fired …
New York DOCS Sick Leave Policy Violates ADA by The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York held that a New York Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) sick leave policy requiring employees to provide general diagnoses following certain absences from work violated the Americans With Disabilities Act …
$217,500 Paid in WA DOC Sexual Harassment Claim by Kathleen Lane was an employee of the Washington DOC in August of 1988 when raped and assaulted by one of her co-workers, Charles Beeman, at the WSR in Monroe, Wa. She filed criminal charges and reported the rape to supervisors. The …
Supreme Court Holds Retaliation Claim Requires "But For" Test by Supreme Court Holds Retaliation Claim Requires "But For" Test The U.S. Supreme Court has held in a teacher's suit, which sought reinstatement and damages, for the failure to rehire him in retaliation for engaging in speech protected by the U.S. …
Former Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit Against CCA Dismissed by The United States District Court for the District of Columbia held that a former guard suing CCA of Tennessee under the District of Columbia Human Rights Act (DCHRA) had not proven she was subjected to a hostile work environment, that lack …
Right-To-Sue Letter Not Required For ADEA Claims by The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York held that Title VII procedural requirements mandate that a claimant obtain a right-to-sue letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), but a right-to-sue letter is not necessary for actions …
Article • May 15, 2007
$12,500 Paid in WA Retaliation Claim By Guard by Donald Baker was an employee at Airway Heights Corrections Center when he requested a transfer to another position within the Washington DOC. He was advised by Associate Superintendent Larry Hines that he would be considered for a transfer only if he …
Article • May 15, 2007
$31,125 Paid in WA Prison Nurse's Supervisory Harassment and Libel Suit by Jayne Morse was employed as an LPN III at the Washington State Reformatory at Monroe. Her supervisor, Annette Beldon, ridiculed Morse in front of prisoner and filed fictitious complaints and published allegations of Morse's alleged criminal conduct. Beldon …
Florida Jail Guard's Discrimination, Due Process Claims Dismissed by The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed a former jail guard's state and federal complaints of, among other things, race discrimination, retaliation and due process violations. While employed as a guard by the Miami-Dade County Corrections …
Article • May 15, 2007
$124,500 Paid in WA Guard's Harassment Suit by Leanna A. Bradley was a guard at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton from April 17, 1995, to June 7, 1996, when she was discharged. Bradley, represented by Jone A. Seavecki, filed, suit in the Pierce County Superior Court alleging she was …
$144,134 Paid in Male WA Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit by Rodney Shaw was an African American guard at the McNeil island Corrections Center in Steilacoom, Washington who was subjected to harassment and belittlement in front of prisoners by white guards. He also alleged he was sexually harassed by a female …
$130,000 Settlement in Former Prison Employee Harassment Suit by In 1999, Thomas G. Bailor, filed a law suit against the Delaware Correctional Center (DCC), after he was forced to quit his job as an internal affairs investigator, for filing a report accusing prison guards of misconduct. Bailor, was investigating charges …
Kentucky: Women Sexually Harassed By Jail Officials Awarded $230,000 Each by On September 18, 2002, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky awarded a total of $230,000 to each of two women, former employees of the Whitley County Jail, who alleged sexual harassment and …
NCDOC Discriminates Against Female Guards by In December of 1993, the United States filed suit against the North Carolina Department of Correction (NCDOC) in a federal district court. The suit alleged that the NCDOC was discriminating against women in terms of its promotion and hiring practices, in violation of U.S.C. …
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