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Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
D.C. Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deliberate Indifference Gallstone Claim by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed the dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights action alleging inadequate medical care. Herbert Brown, a prisoner in the District of Columbia (District), was incarcerated at the notorious Lorton Correctional Facility …
New Trial and JNOV Denial Upheld in $15,545,000 Michigan Prisoner Sexual Harassment Case by Matthew Clarke New Trial and JNOV Denial Upheld in $15,545,000 Michigan Prisoner Sexual Harassment Case by Matt Clarke On January 27, 2009, the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s denial of a motion for …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Indiana Court Denies Challenge to Monopolistic Prison Phone Contracts by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Indiana Court of Appeals has rejected a class-action suit brought by families and friends of prisoners who challenged prison telephone contracts as monopolistic and prison phone rates as oppressive. The appellate court held …
Ninth Circuit: County Contractor that Counsels Bad-Check Writers Not Entitled to State Sovereign Immunity from Suit by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that a private firm hired by a California county to run a diversion program for bad-check writers was …
Due Process Required Before Imposition of Sex Offender Parole Conditions by On June 20, 2008, a Texas federal court held that a parolee’s right to receive due process before onerous sex offender conditions were imposed was clearly established in the Fifth Circuit. Ray Curtis Graham, a Texas state parolee, was …
Quadriplegic Man Wins Judgment Against Pasadena by A California jury ordered the City of Pasadena to pay just under $79,000 to a quadriplegic man for failing to train its police in the proper handling of quadriplegics. Cornell Greathouse filed suit against the City alleging a laundry list of mistreatments at …
Tobacco Companies Cannot Be Sued Under Section 1983; NJSFA Does Not Create Private Cause of Action by A New Jersey federal court dismissed a state prisoner’s suit against several tobacco companies for injuries from second-hand smoke inhalation. New Jersey prisoner James Hemphill sued Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $850,000 to Family of Victim Killed by Drunk Driver Under Community Supervision by On April 16, 2008, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a woman killed by a drunk driver under DOC community supervision for $850,000. Charles …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
$7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk by $7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk The Ohio Court of Claims has awarded a former Ohio prisoner $7,025 for injuries related to a slip and fall from a prison bunk. Stacy Rose slipped and fell …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
South Dakota Jail Prisoner Awarded $1.1 Million for Rape by Guard by South Dakota Jail Prisoner Awarded $1.1 Million for Rape by Guard A South Dakota federal jury awarded a former female pretrial detainee $1.1 million in damages for being raped by a guard at the Pennington County Jail. The …
Mississippi Woman Awarded $75,000 for Wrongful Incarceration Due to Court Clerk Error by On October 19, 2005, a federal jury in Mississippi awarded Michelle Hobbs $75,000 after she was wrongfully detained for 4 hours based on an arrest warrant mistakenly issued by a court clerk. Hobbs's initial arrest occurred in …
Article • May 15, 2009
New York Jury Dismisses Secondhand Smoke Claim by On May 9, 2008, a New York jury unanimously ruled in favor of the City in a claim filed in 2001 by 78-year-old Raymond Marques, known as "Spanish Raymond" in his heyday as the alleged chief of the Spanish Harlem numbers racket …
$2,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Illegal Strip Search by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $2,000 to Zachary Lyons, who asserted that after being arrested during the November 30, 2000 “WTO” anniversary demonstrations, he was forced to remove his clothing in a common area of the jail without being afforded …
$150,000 Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit Against Kitsap County Jail by Washington State’s Kitsap County Jail paid $150,000 to settle the claim of the estate of David Franklin, who committed suicide at the jail on August 21, 2000. The claim asserts the jail failed to properly treat Franklin or properly …
Thurston County Settles Jail Guard Murder Suit for $120,000 by Washington State’s Thurston County settled a lawsuit claiming it was responsible for a jail guard killing his wife with his service weapon for $120,000. The suit was brought by the guard’s two children. While off-duty on paid administrative leave on …
Washington State DOC Guard Demoted For Mail Tampering And Violating Rules by Washington State Department of Corrections guard Teresa McSheery appealed her 1997 demotion for committing regulatory mail and safety violations. The demotion was affirmed. McSheery worked at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in 1989 and was the mail …
$45,000 Awarded to Muslim Woman Forced to Remove Headscarf at California Jail by On October 8, 2008, the County of San Bernadino and Sheriff Gary Penrod agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) and the First Amendment. Jameelah …
$300,000 for Family of Prisoner who Bled to Death Waiting on Ambulance by The County of San Bernardino has settled a lawsuit brought by the estate of a woman who bled to death due to an undiagnosed pregnancy condition while waiting on an ambulance. Luan Morales started hemorrhaging while at …
$500,000 Awarded to Family of Parolee Mistakenly Shot and Killed by Live Ammunition by On November 9, 2004, the City of Redondo Beach was ordered to pay $500,000 to the family of a California parolee who was killed by police after being mistakenly shot by live ammunition instead of “bean …
Washington DOC Pays $2.2 Million to Settle Inadequate Supervision Claim Resulting in Death by The Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) agreed to pay $2.2 million to the family of a man who was brutally beaten by a probationer. The lawsuit claimed WDOC was liable for wrongful death because it …
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