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Article • May 15, 2007
Diabetic Prisoner Entitled to Special Diet by A New York federal district court ordered prison officials at the Green Haven Penitentiary to transfer a "brittle diabetic" to a facility equipped to provide his physical and dietary needs, or to insure he is forthwith provided with fully adequate care, including a …
Article • May 15, 2007
$1,000,000 Award for Crude, Nonconsensual Finger Amputation by On May 22, 2001, a South Carolina jury awarded $1 million to a state prisoner who claimed that after he traumatically severed his ring finger in a slip and fall accident, a prison doctor crudely amputated the residual bone at the prison …
Death at North Carolina Lock Up Spotlights Troubled Jail System by Michael Rigby Death At North Carolina Lock Up Spotlights Troubled Jail System by Michael Rigby The death of Christopher Lee Wood at North Carolina's Cherokee County jail has served to illuminate a sordid history of prisoner abuse, FBI investigations …
Article • August 15, 2003 • from PLN August, 2003
$3.2 Million Awarded to New York Jail Prisoner in Work Accident by On October 18, 2002, a Queens county, New York, jury awarded Ronald York, a 21 year old prisoner at the New York City jail on Riker's Island, $3.2 million in damages as compensation for a work injury. Ronald …
Article • January 15, 2003 • from PLN January, 2003
Filed under: Medical, Diabetes, Amputations
Diabetic's Amputation Suit Set for Trial by A federal district court in Illinois has held a diabetic detainee's claim of deprivation of medical treatment is sufficient to deny the doctor's motion for summary judgment. Cook County Jail pre-trial detainee Andrew Spencer filed a 42 U.S. C. §1983 action alleging on …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
BOP Finger Amputation States Eighth Amendment Claim by Reversing a lower court ruling, the Tenth Circuit found that a prisoner whose finger fell off after it was re-attached by a prison doctor stated an Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. In June 1999, Horace Oxendine, …
Deputy Causing Loss of Fingertip States Federal and State Claims by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in North Carolina has ruled that a prisoner who lost his fingertip when a deputy slammed a cell door window cover on his finger has stated a proper claim under state …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
$1,500 Paid for Failure to Provide Pain Medication by $1,500 paid for failure to provide pain medication On July 7, 1993, Leonard Willis dropped a 65-pound weight on his left ring finger while incarcerated at the CRCC. The injury was extraordinarily painful, and Mr. Willis immediately sought medical attention. Although …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
$6,000 for Amputated Ring Finger by $6,000 for amputated ring finger In the Summer of 1993, Donnie Hayes was confined at the McNeil Island Corrections Center (MICC), near Steilacoom, Washington. He was assigned to work in the MICC kitchen. On July 21 of that year, MICC kitchen staff instructed Mr. …
Article • November 15, 2001 • from PLN November, 2001
Leg Amputation Caused by Improper Treatment Defeats Summary Judgment by A federal district court in New York has ordered a new trial in a civil rights excessive use of force suit. Prisoner Milton Ruffin filed suit against Sullivan Correctional Facility guard Van Fuller for an incident that occurred on October …
Frozen Toes State a Claim for Deliberate Indifference by A U.S. District Court in Minnesota handed down a mixed ruling on defendants' motion for summary judgment on a federal prisoner's claim of deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. On January 25, 1996, after walking for 23 hours in freezing …
Idaho Prisoners Can Sue for On-the-Job Injuries by The Idaho state Supreme Court held that prison officials were not entitled to summary judgment in an action brought by prisoners for injuries sustained during participation in a prison work program. Prisoners Mark Mead and Jeff Smith were injured in separate accidents …
NY Prisoner Worker Awarded $90,000 in Accident by In 1995 William Terry was a prisoner at the Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility where he worked as a hay shredding machine operator on the prison dairy farm. While operating the shredding machine without safety shields, Terry's glove became caught in the machine …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Medical Care by A former federal prisoner with diabetes was awarded $500,000 for failure to prison medical staff to provide proper diagnosis and treatment of foot infection which let to below-the-knee amputation of his right leg. The prisoner brought suit against the U.S. pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, …
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