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Article • October 27, 2015
$20,500 paid in NY Prisoner’s Slip and Fall by $20,500 paid in NY Prisoner’s Slip and Fall A New York prisoner received $20,000 for an injury he suffered while on a prisoner work crew. As the prisoner tried to descend from a roof, he slipped on an area where the …
Article • October 27, 2015
$5,000 Awarded in Settlement for Washington DOC Slip and Fall Accident by $5,000 Awarded in Settlement for Washington DOC Slip and Fall Accident The Washington State Department of corrections settled in November 2004 for $5,000 with Christopher Wirtz, a prisoner at the Stafford Creek Correctional Center. Wirtz was at his …
Article • September 29, 2015
$35,000 Award to New York Prisoner Burned in Kitchen Accident by David Reutter $35,000 Award to New York Prisoner Burned in Kitchen Accident by David Reutter A New York Court of Claims awarded $35,000 to a prisoner in a negligence suit seeking damages for injuries sustained while working in the …
$10,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured in Kitchen by David Reutter $10,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured in Kitchen by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $10,000 to settle a negligence claim alleging it failed to train a prisoner on how to use a skillet in the kitchen …
Publication • 2015
Columbia Law School - Heat in US Prisons and Jails, Daniel W.E. Holt, 2015 HEAT IN US PRISONS AND JAILS Corrections and the Challenge of Climate Change By Daniel W. E. Holt August 2015 © 2015 Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School The Sabin Center for Climate …
Smith v. DuPage County Sheriff, IL, Complaint, Workplace Injury, 2015 Case: 1:15-cv-04737 Document #: 1 Filed: 05/29/15 Page 1 of 14 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION RONALD SMITH, JASON LLOYD, DAVID KACZKOWSKI, and TERRI ALBRIGHT, Plaintiffs, v. DUPAGE COUNTY …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
$500,000 Settlement in Georgia Prisoner’s Death while on Work Crew by $500,000 Settlement in Georgia Prisoner’s Death while on Work Crew The family of a prisoner killed while working on a road crew in Georgia accepted a $500,000 settlement in a wrongful death suit. The main cause of action was …
Kosilek v. O'Brien, US, Petition, 8th Am denial of medical care for security reasons, 2015 No. IN THE Supreme Court of the United States MICHELLE KOSILEK, Petitioner, v. CAROL HIGGINS O’BRIEN, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, Respondent. On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States …
Prison Officials Liable for Private Employer ADA Violations by Mark Wilson Prison Officials Liable for Private Employer ADA Violations by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held last September that prison officials are liable for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) committed by private employer contractors. …
Article • June 23, 2014
Inside a Chinese Prison: An American’s Perspective by Foster, Stuart B. Inside a Chinese Prison: An American’s Perspective by Stuart B. Foster I grew up around jails and prisons in the Upstate of South Carolina. My grandfather was born in jail, with the punch line being his father was the …
Ekman v. AZ, AZ, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2014 MICHAEL K. JEANES Clerk at the Superior Court BY kim Whitson, DePUtY Date 03/31/2014 Time 15:27:15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Joel B. Robbins (011065) Anne E. Findling (010871) ROBBrNS & CURTIN, P.L.L.C. 301 E. Bethany Home Road, Suite …
Coker v. Ryan, AZ, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2014 Document 1 Filed 03/21/14 Page 1 of 15 3 4 5 6 7 JOSEPH E. COLLINS By: Attorney for Plaintiff Arizona Bar #018289 3241 East Shea Blvd., Suite 1 Phoenix, Az., 85028 ( 602) 788-7227 Fax 602-569-6091 j oecollins@collinslaw.net 8 IN …
Garcia v. CoreCivic, NM, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-00268-RHS-LAM Document 1 Filed 03/19/14 Page 1 of 14 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO HENRY GARCIA, Plaintiff, v. No. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC., WARDEN TIM MORGAN, JANA MARJENHOFF, M.D., JAY PETERSON, …
Brief • February 21, 2014
Meeks et al v. DCS et al, NE, Complaint, inmate work auto accident, 2014 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LANCASTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA LEONARD MEEKS and MARTELL BUCHANAN, as Co-Special Administrators of the Estate of Joyce Meeks, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, STATE OF NEBRASKA, ROBERT P. HOUSTON, Director …
New Hampshire Supreme Court Revives Prisoner's Negligence Action by Last year the New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s negligence claims, finding they were permitted under RSA 507-B:2. On September 9, 2007, New Hampshire county prisoner Dana Chatman was part of a work crew assigned …
Article • August 15, 2013
Trustee Awarded $335,407 for Job-Related Accident by Larry D. Hollie, a Louisiana prisoner, was working to repair potholes when the hot mix asphalt truck he was working on suddenly shifted. Hollie fell, hitting his lower back and hip area on the ground. He “suffered a lumbrosacral strain with a herniated …
White v. Lynch, FL, Decision on Class Complaint, Sexual Harassment Female Guards, 2013 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION MIAMI DISTRICT OFFICE HEARINGS UNIT DECISION In the Complaint of Taronica White, Et al., v. EEOC Case No. 510-2012-00077X Eric Holder, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau …
Article • March 15, 2013
Pre-Suit Notice Not Required by Texas Tort Claims Act by Brandon Sample Serving a lawsuit within six months of an injury or loss satisfies the notice requirement of the Texas Tort Claims Act (TTCA), the Supreme Court of Texas held on October 1, 2010. Glen Colquitt sued Brazoria County under …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Los Angeles County Settles Civil Detainee Wrongful Death Claim for $750,000 by On August 1, 2012, the County Counsel for the County of Los Angeles, California recommended settlement of a lawsuit filed by the survivors of a civil detainee who died as a result of an accident while working on …
Article • March 15, 2013
Wisconsin Prisoner Injured Dismantling Horse Stalls Awarded $14,000 by On July 2, 2010, the Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed an award of about $14,000 to a prisoner injured while disassembling metal horse stalls at the state fair. The award followed the trial court’s finding a state fair supervisor was negligent in …
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