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New Jersey Police's Negligent Duty Performance Induces City Liability by New Jersey resident Shana Massachi, estate administratrix for Sohayla Massachi, appealed her state tort suit dismissal after inadequate police procedures allegedly resulted in Sohayla's death. The dismissal was reversed because statutory immunity does not apply to negligently preformed ministerial duties …
Washington DOC Denied Qualified Immunity In Prisoner Beating by The Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) motioned for summary judgment dismissal in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by a state prisoner who was beaten at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) in 2002. The motion was granted in …
Use of Questionable “Lie Detectors" by Law Enforcement Expands Nationwide by Matthew Clarke Use of Questionable “Lie Detectors” by Law Enforcement Expands Nationwide by Matt Clarke In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, law enforcement and other government agencies implemented new practices to obtain information from suspects …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
$290,000 Award for New York Prisoner’s Slip and Fall on Ice by On December 4, 2007, a New York Court of Claims awarded a former prisoner $290,000 for injuries he received when he slipped and fell on ice at a New York state prison. In January 2001, Gene Sullivan was …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
$25,000 Award To South Carolina Prisoner Injured Performing Community Service by $25,000 Award To South Carolina Prisoner Injured Performing Community Service A South Carolina court entered an award of $25,000 to a prisoner who was working community service on a trash truck when his foot was run over by a …
Illinois Federal Jury Awards Record $15.5 Million in False Arrest Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 20, 2007, an Illinois federal jury awarded a record amount in a civil rights case for false arrest – $15.5 million. The damage award was against the sheriff of Will County, …
Florida County Sheriff Liable for $1.5 Million for Acts of Informant on Work Release by Florida County Sheriff Liable for $1.5 Million for Acts of Informant on Work Release On May 18, 2007, a Florida jury found the Hendry County Sheriff is liable for injuries caused by a prisoner it …
Errantly Paroled Mentally Ill San Quentin Prisoner Commits Mayhem In San Francisco by Errantly Paroled Mentally Ill San Quentin Prisoner Commits Mayhem In San Francisco When San Quentin, California state prison employees released mentally ill prisoner Scott Thomas onto parole on the night of Friday, May 18, 2007, they committed …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
$145,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Who Falls While Cutting Wet Grass by $145,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Who Falls While Cutting Wet Grass A New York Court of Claims has awarded $145,000 in damages to a prisoner who slipped and fell on wet grass while mowing a hilly …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $20,000 in Slip and Fall Lawsuit by A Hawaii State Court has awarded a prisoner$20,000 for injuries incurred in a negligence claim stemming from a slip and fall, incident. While imprisoned at the Halawa High Security Facility on January 26, 2006, Joseph Sampiao was walking down the …
Former Female Prisoners Settle Sexual Abuse Lawsuit in Virginia by State officials at Virginia’s Pocahontas Correctional Unit have reached a settlement agreement with nine former female prisoners who sued after being sexually abused by prison employees. The terms of the settlement, which was approved by the Governor’s office in July …
Ninth Circuit: Washington Law Creates Liberty Interest in Sex Offenders’ Early Release to Community Custody by Ninth Circuit: Washington Law Creates Liberty Interest in Sex Offenders’ Early Release to Community Custody A divided panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that Washington State statute RCW § 9.94A.710(1) …
Fondled Hawaiian Transexual Prisoner Awarded $817,500 in Damages and Attorney Fees by Matthew Clarke Fondled Hawaiian Transexual Prisoner Awarded $817,500 in Damages and Attorney Fees by Matt Clarke On March 18, 2008, Hawaiian First Circuit Court Judge Sabrina S. McKenna awarded a pre-operative transgendered prisoner who had been sexually abused …
Houston District Attorney Caught in E-mail Scandal, Resigns, Held in Contempt by Gary Hunter Houston District Attorney Caught in E-mail Scandal, Resigns, Held in Contempt by Gary Hunter Racist jokes, sexually explicit photos, love notes to his mistress and evidence of improper political campaigning were found in the e-mail account …
TASER International’s Stock Shocked By $6.2 Million Damages Award by John Dannenberg TASER International’s Stock Shocked By $6.2 Million Damages Award by John E. Dannenberg The stock of TASER International, Inc. tanked by 11% to $6.13 per share on June 9, 2008 when three days earlier a federal jury in …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
$7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk by 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 while climbing down from his bunk at the Chillicothe Correctional …
Failure to Name Defendant in Administrative Appeal Does Not Foreclose Including Him in § 1983 Complaint by The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that when a defendant in a prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights complaint had participated in the administrative grievance process, but had not been …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
$305,021 Awarded to Missouri Prisoner Struck by Tree; State Legislature Takes Note by Brandon Sample $305,021 Awarded to Missouri Prisoner Struck by Tree; State Legislature Takes Note by Brandon Sample A Missouri prisoner was awarded $305,021 after being struck by a tree. In February 2000, Hortense Cain, a female prisoner …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
$449,000 Settlement in BIA Prisoner’s Fall from Top Bunk in Detox Cell by $449,000 Settlement in BIA Prisoner’s Fall from Top Bunk in Detox Cell The United States has settled a lawsuit alleging negligent supervision and observation of a prisoner who fell from a top bunk. While the settlement was …
$1.95 Million for 18 Years Wrongful Imprisonment in North Carolina by On February 16, 2007, a North Carolina man who spent 18 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit settled with the State and the City of Winston-Salem for $1,958,454. Darryl Hunt, a black man, was imprisoned in …
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