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Article • February 15, 2009
$20,000 Settlement After Citizen Falls At Federal Medical Center by Missouri resident Wealtha Liggins brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996 after she fell at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Kentucky. The $500,000 suit settled for $20,000. Liggins was a guest at the FMC in …
$50,000 Settlement In Memphis Policeman's Training Injury by Memphis (Tennessee) policeman Michael Cockerell and his wife Linda brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1999 after he fell during an obstacle course training exercise at a federal facility. The $1,500,000 suit settled for $50,000. Cockerell was training …
$185,000 Settlement For Man Needlessly Beaten By Seattle Police by Seattle resident Maikoiyo Alley Barnes (plaintiff) brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Seattle police after being beaten in 2005 for questioning a sergeant's motives to ticket his friend for littering. The suit settled for $185,000. The plaintiff questioned …
Sixth Circuit Upholds Partial Denial of Qualified Immunity for MI Jail Guards’ Failure to Protect Sex Offender; Case Settles for $190,000 by Sixth Circuit Upholds Partial Denial of Qualified Immunity for MI Jail Guards’ Failure to Protect Sex Offender; Case Settles for $190,000 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
$400,000 Award in Failure to Protect Connecticut Suicidal Prisoner by $400,000 Award in Failure to Protect Connecticut Suicidal Prisoner A Connecticut judge has awarded a prisoner’s estate $403,164.30, finding the City of Hartford police were liable for the prisoner’s suicide death. At a bench trial, the Court held the arresting …
Nominal Damages for Atlanta Georgia Jail’s Ban on Magazines, Books and Newspapers by On April 17, 2008, a Georgia federal court granted a prisoner summary judgment and nominal damages in a lawsuit over a jail policy that barred prisoners from receiving books, newspapers and magazines. David Robertson was incarcerated in …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Washington State Deputy Sheriff Not Entitled to Quasi-Judicial Immunity by Washington State Deputy Sheriff Not Entitled to Quasi-Judicial Immunity The Washington Court of Appeals held that a deputy sheriff who was negligent in transporting a prisoner from court to jail was not entitled to quasi-judicial immunity. Anthony Reijm was taken …
Oregon Parolee Negligent Supervision Case Reinstated by The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment against a teenage girl who was raped by a violent parolee. In November 1997, 14-year-old Akilah Johnson was assaulted and raped by a stranger. More than four years later, on …
Brief • January 20, 2009
Cameron v. City of New York, NY, Pltf Brief MLS, police misconduct training, 2009 JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT 1. Jurisdiction existed in the District Court (Crotty, J.), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343, because the action involved claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 2. This Court has jurisdiction, …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 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 …
$7 Million in Settlements in Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Death from Medical Negligence by David Reutter $7 Million in Settlements in Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Death from Medical Negligence by David M. Reutter The Denver Health Medical Center has settled a claim of negligent care for $4 million after releasing a prisoner …
$1,100,000 Settlement in Juvenile Prisoner Suicide in Union County, New Jersey by $1,100,000 Settlement in Juvenile Prisoner Suicide in Union County, New Jersey On November 15, 2007, Union County settled a lawsuit over the suicide death of a juvenile prisoner at the 42-year-old Union County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) in …
Michigan Municipal Policy Creates § 1983 Liability Without Constitutional Violation By Agents by Bob Williams By: Bob Williams Michigan's Grand Traverse County (County) motioned for judgment as a matter of law in 2006 after a jury verdict of guilty regarding a deliberate indifference suit filed by former jail prisoner Amy …
$12,000,000 Awarded To family of Victim Allegedly Murdered by Convicted Felon by A California jury has awarded $12,000,000 to the family of a woman allegedly murdered by an apartment complex maintenance man who was a convicted felon. The plaintiff’s 30-year-old daughter was reported missing on August 17, 2004. Several weeks …
Article • January 15, 2009
$200,000 Verdict Awarded to Citizen Who Tripped and Fell on Jail Property by A New York state court jury awarded a woman $200,000 in total damages for injuries incurred after she tripped and fell on the side walk in front of a New York City Jail. The 62-year-old woman, who …
Article • January 15, 2009
Texas Guards Not Immune from Theft Liability Act Claim by On July 12, 2007, a Texas Court of Appeals held that sovereign immunity does not prevent a Texas state prisoner from suing prison guards in their individual capacities for confiscating and destroying his property, in a claim brought under the …
Untreated Diabetic Los Angeles Jail Detainee May Sue for Failure to Provide Medical Care by by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal, Second District, has held that a diabetic Los Angeles jail detainee who was denied medical care for over 24 hours could sue the Los Angeles Sheriff’s …
Dallas County Liable for Placing Suicidal Prisoner in Cell with Corded Phone by by Matt Clarke A Texas Court of Appeals has held that the state district court correctly denied Dallas County’s jurisdictional challenge and no-evidence motion for summary judgment in a suit involving the placement of a suicidal prisoner …
Medical Contractors Are Not State Employees Under Nebraska Law by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a contract medical service provider is not a state employee under Nebraska law; thus, a prisoner is not required to exhaust administrative remedies under the Nebraska State Tort Claims Act (NSTCA) …
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