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Article • September 15, 2009
$13,500 Settlement in Premise Liability Claim by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $13,500 to Sandra K. Thompson for injuries that occurred when she stepped in a hole in the sidewalk of the Juvenile Justice Center, which caused her to step into a bigger hole. As a result, she …
Article • September 15, 2009
$14,000 Settlement in Accident Caused by County Employee Running Red Light by Washington State’s King County has paid $14,000 to settle the claim of Galina Labaz, who was injured when her car was hit by a county vehicle driven by King County employee Debra Hindman. As she was driving through …
Former New Jersey Prison Social Worker’s Abuse Lawsuit Reinstated by A New Jersey appeals court has reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former prison health care worker. Angela Hoag was a licensed social worker employed by Correctional Medical Services, Inc. and worked at Southern State …
Jail Guards Allowed to Assert Qualified Immunity Defense; Nurses Not by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Michigan federal district court’s decision that denied a group of jail guards qualified immunity in a case in which a prisoner died after complaining of chest pain and breathing problems. …
Article • September 15, 2009
$35,000 Settlement in Knee Injury at Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County has paid $35,000 to settle the claim of Otis Hubbard, who claimed that he was pushed backwards at the Regional Justice Center Jail on July 16, 2000. The claim does not say who pushed Hubbard backwards, causing …
Article • September 15, 2009
$4,400 Settlement in Slip and Fall at Jail by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $4,443 to settle the slip and fall claim of Patricia Hayes. While visiting her brother at the jail on November 17, 2004, Hayes slipped and fell on a wet surface. It caused a contusion …
Article • September 15, 2009
$5.2 Million Settlement in Failure to Supervise Seattle Juvenile Probationers by Washington State’s King County paid $5,232,914.37 to settle the law suit of Said Muhamed Aba-Sheikh. On March 27, 1999, a gang of four boys – Michael Gallow, Miguel Pierre, Michael Anderson and Pulafano Ativalu – approached 16-year-old Aba-Sheikh as …
Article • September 15, 2009
$7,500 Settlement in Worker’s Compensation Suit against Snohomish County Jail by Washington State’s Snohomish County paid $7,500 to settle the worker’s compensation negligence law suit of Michelle M. Benton, who worked in the County Jail’s kitchen as an employee of Compass Group U.S.A., Inc., which is the jail’s private food …
Article • September 15, 2009
$23,000 Settlement in Auto Accident by Seattle Jail Employee by Washington State’s King County paid $23,094.30 to settle the claim of Larisa Labaz, who was driving through an intersection on a green light when county employee Debra Hindman ran a red light in a juvenile division vehicle and hit Labaz’s …
Article • September 15, 2009
$25,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Slip and Fall by Washington State’s King County paid $25,214.38 to settle the claim of Paul R. Cory, who claimed that on January 26, 2001, he fell when attempting to enter the recreational area over the raised step-like entryway with metal strips on top. Cory …
Article • September 15, 2009
$7,000 Settlement for Injuries Incurred During Seattle Jail Bus Accident by Washington State’s King County paid $7,139.98 to settle the claim of Quincy Aitkens, who was injured on October 17, 2002, while riding in a King County Corrections Bus. While on the way to the Kent Regional Justice Center, a …
Massachusetts Federal Court Dismisses DOC from Prisoner's Rape Suit; Amendment Allowed by On October 24, 2008, a Massachusetts federal court dismissed the claims against prison official defendants (defendants) by a former Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner who allegedly had between 50 and 100 sexual encounters with a former guard. …
Article • September 15, 2009
Forced Catheterization to Perform Drug Test Constitutional by On May 15, 2008, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants in a § 1983 action filed by 68-year-old Missouri prisoner Joel LeVine. LeVine alleged that the defendants, a guard and …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Res to Def Res to Mot to Strike injuries, prison riot, 2009 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: …
Missouri Public Defenders Not Immune from Client Suits by In a case of first impression, the Missouri Court of Appeals held that state public defenders are not entitled to official immunity for acts committed during their representation of indigent criminal defendants. Missouri public defender Arthur Allen represented Bernardo Costa, an …
Allowing Others to Attack Prisoner, Making Credible Death Threats, Labeling Prisoner a Snitch Violate Eighth Amendment by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed in part a district court’s denial of qualified immunity to four guards accused of violating a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights. William Irving, a …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
$10,000 Settlement for Bunk Bed Railing Hitting Prisoner by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $10,000 to settle a claim for physical injury caused by defective bunk bedding. The bed was not defective until a guard kicked it. During count at the Jail on October 4, 2006, at around …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Vendor Crushed by Seattle Jail Door Receives $43,525 for Injuries by Washington State’s King County Jail in Seattle has paid $43,525 to settle a claim brought by a man delivering frozen food to the Jail. While making his delivery on November 7, 2002, David Huntington was crushed by a heavy …
Judge Not: Judges Benched for Personal Misconduct by by Gary Hunter & Alex Friedmann They decide hot-button topics ranging from abortion and racial discrimination to religious freedoms and contested elections. They can put you in prison or vindicate your civil rights. They can even sentence you to death. Who am …
Ninth Circuit Flip-Flops: Denial of Washington Sex Offender’s Community Custody Release Held Unconstitutional, Then Constitutional by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit Flip-Flops: Denial of Washington Sex Offender’s Community Custody Release Held Unconstitutional, Then Constitutional by Mark Wilson Illustrating the axiom that the law means whatever a judge decides it means, in …
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