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$57,000 Awarded in Illinois Prison Beating
Article • April 15, 2001 • from PLN April, 2001
Filed under: Gang Policies, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Attorney Fee Awards, Damages
$57,000 Awarded in Illinois Prison Beating by Lonnie Burton In 1999 an Illinois state prisoner was awarded nearly $57,000 in damages and fees following trial on his charges that fellow prisoners beat him while a guard stood and watched. Ronnie W. Carroll filed suit in the United States District Court …
Deadly Nostalgia: The Politics of Boot Camps
Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001
Filed under: Private Prisons, Racial Discrimination, Boot Camps, Strip Cells, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Damages, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Deadly Nostalgia: The Politics of Boot Camps by Christian Parenti The short, stout eighth grader Gina Score, was never much of an athlete. But that didn't matter to the staff at South Dakota's Plankinton boot camp for girls, where militarystyle discipline and calisthenics were the modus operandi and, as staff …
Consent No Defense For Guard Accused of Raping Prisoner
Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Civil Procedure, Damages, Defenses
Consent No Defense For Guard Accused of Raping Prisoner by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in Delaware has held that a prison guard may not use consent as a defense in a suit by a prisoner alleging he raped her. Dorothy Carrigan, a Delaware state prisoner, filed …
$1.18 Million in Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit
Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Strip Searches, Staffing, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Municipal Liability
$1.18 Million in Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit by $1.18 Million In Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit Female prisoners were awarded a total of $1,180,000 in damages and attorney's fees in the settlement of a suit filed against the Santa Clara County, California, Board of Supervisors and Department …
$330,000 Verdict in MI Beating
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages
$330,000 Verdict in MI Beating by On October 8, 1999, a federal jury deliberated four hours before returning a $330,000 verdict in favor of Richard Johnson. Johnson, a Michigan state prisoner, had been imprisoned at the Ionia Correctional Facility. While being moved to a different cell, Johnson was shoved from …
$4,500 Verdict in NY Hernia Suit
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Prison Labor, Inability to Work, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Medical, Hernias, Damages
$4,500 Verdict in NY Hernia Suit by On November 16, 1999, the New York court of claims awarded New York state prisoner Justo Lopez $4,500 for a hernia he developed while assigned to do work beyond his physical capacity. Prior to his incarceration Lopez had been shot several times, as …
$7,500 Paid to Settle Delay of Legal Property Suit
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Court Access, Legal Property, Damages, Settlements
$7,500 Paid to Settle Delay of Legal Property Suit by On September 27, 1999, District of Columbia federal judge Stanley Sporkin entered judgment on a settlement for $7,500, plus $47.81 in interest, in a lawsuit involving the shipping of a D.C. prisoner's legal property from a Washington state prison to …
$8,000 Awarded in NY Chair Collapse
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Medical, Skeletal Injury, Damages, Premises Liability
$8,000 Awarded in NY Chair Collapse by On November 24, 1999, the New York court of claims awarded $8,000 in damages to New York prisoner Troy Benjamin. In 1995 while Benjamin was a prisoner at the Collins Correctional Facility, the back of the chair he was sitting in fell off, …
$7,500 Award in NY Window Injury
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Medical, Injury -- Misc., Damages, Premises Liability
$7,500 Award in NY Window Injury by On November 8, 1999, the New York court of claims awarded $15,000 in damages to a New York state prisoner who cut his arm while opening a malfunctioning window. In 1990, Neil Henry, a prisoner at the Fishkill Correctional Facility in New York, …
$1.75 Million Verdict in Juvenile Death Suit
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Brain Injury, Damages, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
$1.75 Million Verdict in Juvenile Death Suit by On February 9, 2000, a federal jury in Macon, Georgia held that Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice employees were liable for the death of a 15 year old female juvenile prisoner who was given Tylenol to treat a serious brain injury and …
$30,000 Awarded to NY Prisoner Slashed in Attack
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Damages
$30,000 Awarded to NY Prisoner Slashed in Attack by On September 15, 1999, the New York court of claims awarded $30,000 in damages to New York state prisoner Mario Vasquez. In 1995, Vasquez was slashed in a stairwell at Collins Correctional Facility by two knife-wielding prisoners. The day before the …
$115,000 Settlement Where Guards Fed NY Prisoner Ground Glass
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Gastrointestinal, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements
$115,000 Settlement Where Guards Fed NY Prisoner Ground Glass by In September 1999, New York prison officials settled a lawsuit by prisoner Teno Gee for $115,000 in damages. Gee was the chairman of the Inmate Liaison Committee at the Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Comstock. In that capacity Gee had …
$160,000 Verdict in NY Diabetic Cyst Suit
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Medical, Diabetes, Damages
$160,000 Verdict in NY Diabetic Cyst Suit by On January 11, 2000, the New York court of claims awarded $160,000 to diabetic New York state prisoner Daniel Brill. In 1996 while at the Mid-State Correctional Facility Brill sought treatment for an infected cyst. Brill was eventually hospitalized and treated with …
$5,500 Awarded in NY Unlawful Imprisonment Suit
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages, Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment
$5,500 Awarded in NY Unlawful Imprisonment Suit by On May 4, 2000, the New York court of Claims awarded Allen Israel $5,600 in damages after New York parole officials wrongfully violated his parole. Israel had a maximum parole expiration date of April 12, 1996. His parole was later revoked due …
MO Prisoner Awarded $130,000 in Retaliation and Haircut Claims
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Grooming Rules, Damages
MO Prisoner Awarded $130,000 in Retaliation and Haircut Claims by On February 4, 2000 a federal jury in the Eastern District of Missouri awarded $130,000 in damages to Jerry McCrary. McCrary, who is black, filed suit claiming that while imprisoned at the Potosi Correctional Center in Missouri on August 16, …
$158,500 Awarded in NY Slip and Fall
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages, Premises Liability
$158,500 Awarded in NY Slip and Fall by On September 22, 1999 the New York court of claims awarded former New York state prisoner Lourdes Fischer $158,500 in damages for injuries she suffered when she fell from a ramp at the Albion Correctional Facility and landed face first on a …
NY DOCS Guard Nets $300,000 for ADA Retaliation
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Filed under: Retaliation against Staff, Respiratory, Smoking, Civil Procedure, Damages, Injunctions, Americans with Disabilities Act, Employee Litigation
NY DOCS Guard Nets $300,000 for ADA Retaliation by The U.S. court of appeals for the Second Circuit held that the absence of a finding of disability in a guard's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim did not preclude a finding that the guard's employer retaliated against him for bringing …
Certificate of Review Mandatory in Colorado Negligence Suits
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Filed under: Brain Injury, ENT, Civil Procedure, Damages, State Law Claims, Expert Witnesses, Sovereign Immunity
Certificate of Review Mandatory in Colorado Negligence Suits by Bob Williams The Colorado Supreme court has held that prisoners must file a "certificate of review" under Colorado law when suing a licensed professional (LP) for negligence, whether or not the LP is a named party, but that a failure to …
Seventh Circuit Rejects ETS Claim
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Filed under: Respiratory, Smoking, Eighth Amendment, Civil Procedure, Damages, Injunctions, Mootness
Seventh Circuit Rejects ETS Claim by The U.S. court of appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a pretrial detainee's injuries from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) were not sufficiently serious to support a due process claim, and that he could not recover for future injuries absent some showing …
Qualified Immunity Denied in CO Rape Case; Suit Settled for $70,000
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Damages, Settlements, Qualified Immunity
Qualified Immunity Denied in CO Rape Case; Suit Settled for $70,000 by In an unpublished ruling, the Tenth Circuit has denied qualified immunity to prison officials who failed to protect a prisoner from being raped by another prisoner. Marvin Gray, a "large and powerful individual with a violent past," was …
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