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$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 …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Georgia Court Rules Prisoners Held in County Facilities Barred from Suing State for Negligence by The Court of Appeals of Georgia held on October 21, 2011 that a county housing state prisoners under a contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC) is an independent contractor; therefore, the state is …
Article • November 15, 2011
Unsafe Working Conditions Suit Allowed to Proceed Against Pennsylvania Prison Officials by U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson has granted in part and denied in part a motion for summary judgment filed by prison officials accused of deliberate indifferent and negligence. Keith Petry sued various Pennsylvania prison officials alleging 8th …
Report Finds Federal Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Metals in Recycling Jobs by A four-year study by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), released in October 2010, found that prisoners and employees at ten federal prisons were exposed to hazardous metals and materials while handling electronic …
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