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Closing Washington's Window of Parole Liability by Paul Wright In addition to almost $50 million in settlements and verdicts assessed against the Washington DOC in recent months, the Washington DOC has paid an additional $20.6 million to settle 25 parole liability cases and pay one jury verdict since 1994. Apparently, …
Fired Washington Parole Officer Wins $250,000 Settlement by Washington state parole officer Barbara A. Nelson was fired in 1998 after the state was hit for more than $6.4 million to pay off lawsuits alleging negligence for her failure to property supervise parolees. Three men whose cases Nelson handled killed three …
Oregon DOC Liable for Attacks by Parolees by The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a trial court judgment against the Department of Corrections (DOC), concluding that violent crimes committed by a parolee were a reasonably foreseeable consequence of inadequate parole supervision. In 1984, Cal Brown was convicted of assaulting an …
Washington Municipalities Liable for Attacks by Probationers by The Washington state Supreme Court held that municipalities have a duty to protect others from reasonably foreseeable harm resulting from the dangerous propensities of probationers and pretrial releasees under their supervision. In 1990 Barry Krantz raped a 6 year old little girl …
Pro Se Tips and Tactics by John Midgley In the June issue of PLN, I discussed the defense of so-called "qualified immunity" that is available to public officers and employees sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This companion column discusses the other kind of immunity you may run into, so-called …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Texas Woman Wins $125,000 Settlement by A woman won a $125,000 settlement from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles that may set a precedent for more civil suits involving parole decisions. The woman was raped by a man who had been sentenced in 1977 to 123 years in prison …
Brief • October 1, 1971
Bach v. Mitchell, DC, Complaint, Prison Misconduct, 1971 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JOHN M. BACH, FATHER PHILIP BERRIGAN S.S.J., JOHN THEODORE CLICK, THOMAS R. HOSMER, KEVIN B. JONES, DAVID MALAPIENT, prisoners presently incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Istitution at Danbury, Connecticut; JOHN HALLORAN, JOHN J. …
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