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Social Security Application Claims Estop Fired Jailer's ADA Claims by The U .S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, held that a former jail guard's claim, brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that he was terminated because he …
California: Guard Hit by Contractor Awarded $405,242 for Knee Injury by On December 22, 2000, a California superior court awarded a prison guard $405,242 for a knee injury he sustained when he was hit by a prison contractor's vehicle. On February 4, 1999, plaintiff Steven Churchill was working as a …
Article • May 15, 2007
$3,000 Tort Claim Awarded In Washington Employee Disability Suit by In 1998 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a tort claim with James D. Burns a prison guard at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton for $3,000. In 1994 Burns had a portion of his left foot removed due …
$3,500 Paid in WA Guard's Sexual/Martial Harassment Suit by Marvin Price-Haberman was a guard at the Washington Corrections Center. In January 1994, she filed a sexual harassment complaint. Thereafter, she was subjected to retaliation. A lawsuit filed by Price-Haberman and her husband Robert Haberman, also a guard, alleged they were …
Article • May 15, 2007
$14,000 Tort Claim Settlement In Washington On Smoking Suit by In 1999 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a tort claim with correctional sergeant, Ladean Ryan for $14,000. In 1995 the plaintiff complained to her supervisor at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton that she could not work in …
Article • May 15, 2007
$26,467 Awarded In Washington Employee Disability Suit by In 1995 the Washington State Department of Corrections was ordered to pay $20,000 for attorney's fees and $6,467 for costs incurred, for a total of $26,467 to Larry Uribe the DOC's statewide grievance coordinator. In 1986 Larry Uribe suffered a stroke and …
$30,000 Tort Claim Award In Washington Employee Discrimination Suit by In 2000 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a tort claim with Dave P. Rotz a cook at the McNeil Island Correctional Center in Steilacoom for $30,000. In 1996 Rotz was subject to discrimination due to his disability and …
Article • May 15, 2007
$47,000 Settlement In Washington Employee Wrongful Termination Suit by In 1998 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a law suit with Debra M. Schruder for $47,000. In 1995 Ms.Schruder was terminated from her position as a guard. Ms.Schruder was injured while working for DOC and while she was recovering …
Article • May 15, 2007
$60,000 Tort Claim Settlement In Washington Employee Discrimination Suit by In 1999 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a tort claim with Deborah J. Landberg an employee at DOC headquarters for discrimination because of her medical condition. In 1997 the plaintiff had tried to come back to work after …
$75,000 Paid in Washington DOC Employee's Sexual Harassment Suit by Lorna Sutliff, an employee of Benton County, WA Department of Corrections filed suit in state court alleging she was sexually harassed by J. Jeremiah Coughlin during the course of her employment from 1984 to March 26, 1991. In February 1992 …
$62,000 Paid In WA DOC Employee's Race/Gender Discrimination Suit by Dorothy J. Sanders, an employee of the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, filed suit in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, alleging that in 1997 she was forced to work in a hostile environment due to her race …
Article • May 15, 2007
L.A. County Probation Department Employee Awarded $95,000 for Discriminatory Forced Retirement by by John E. Dannenberg A 39-year veteran employee of the County of Los Angeles' (L.A.) Probation Department, in failing health, was constructively forced to retire by a job transfer that he alleged was intended to harass him because …
Supreme Court Defines Disabled Under ADA by Supreme Court Defines Disabled Under ADA The plaintiff worked in an auto plant and wound up with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and tendinitis, and later myotendinitis and thoracic outlet compression, resulting in restrictions on her ability to work (starting with no substantial lifting …
Article • May 15, 2007
Dismissal of Oregon Guard's Disability Claim Reversed by The Court of Appeals of Oregon held that genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment of a former jail guard's disability claim. Scott Evans, a guard employed by the Multnomah County Sheriff's office, had heart surgery and was placed on an …
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 …
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 …
Washington Guard Fails to Establish Employer Retaliation by Lonnie Earles was a guard at the Washington Corrections Center (WCC) near the town of Shelton. In 1994 he settled an employment discrimination suit with the State Department of Corrections (DOC). Over the next several years Earles was transferred from one position …
Article • October 15, 2005
$26,000 Paid in WA DOC Guard's Discrimination/Retaliation Claim by Robert D. Taylor, a guard at Airway Heights Corrections Center, was injured by another guard during an unauthorized drill. Taylor filed a complaint over the drill, as he had sustained a neck injury that required a titanium rod and plate in …
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