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Article • February 15, 2009
$5,000 Settlement For Leavenworth Guards' Unprovoked Beating Of Federal Prisoner by Illinois federal prisoner Kerry Dixon brought a combined Bivens and federal tort action against the United States in 1994 after guards beat him without just cause at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas (USP Leavenworth) in 1993. The …
Article • February 15, 2009
$11,000 Settlement For Failure To Treat Federal Prisoner's Hepatitis "C" Virus by Illinois federal prisoner Louis Sheptin brought a combined federal tort and Bivens action against the United States in 2000 for the failure to treat and disclose to him that he was infected with Hepatitis "C." The $10 million …
$12,773.46 Settlement After BOP Vehicle Rear Ends Motorist by Tennessee resident Beverly Oliver brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996 after being rear ended by a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) truck driven by a prisoner. The $75,000 suit settled for $12,773.46. Oliver was a passenger in …
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 …
$40,000 Settlement After BOP Employee Causes Automobile Accident by West Virginia resident Lillian Poindexter brought a federal tort action in 1997 against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and federal agent Mari Higgins after being struck by Higgins' vehicle. The $139,000 suit settled for …
$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 …
$125,000 Settlement In BOP Guard Induced Prisoner's Death by Parents of deceased ex Kentucky federal prisoner, Marcus Dascenzo, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2002 after a guard's failure to treat their son resulted in his death. After the Department of Justice's initial refusal to pay …
$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 …
Article • February 15, 2009
$250,000 Settlement After LA Sheriff's Bullet Hits Innocent Bystander by The County of Los Angeles (L.A.) proposed a settlement of $250,000 after an innocent bystander was wounded by a ricocheting bullet. An investigation cleared sheriff's deputies of any wrongdoing but litigation was feared to result in a greater loss. L.A. …
More Damages, Costs & Attorney Fees Awarded in NH False Disciplinary Case by More Damages, Costs & Attorney Fees Awarded in NH False Disciplinary Case Three prisoners involved in two federal civil rights lawsuits against officials of the Hillsborough County House of Corrections in New Hampshire (the jail) were awarded …
Article • January 15, 2009
Virginia Guard Injured in Prison Transport Van Accident Settles for $200,000 by A Virginia State jury awarded $250,000 to a guard who was injured while driving a prisoner transport van. While transporting several prisoners, the van driven by guard Ralph P. Tolbert was hit by a car that drove out …
PLN Attorneys Awarded $137,672 for Post-Settlement Work in CDCR Censorship Case by John Dannenberg PLN Attorneys Awarded $137,672 for Post-Settlement Work in CDCR Censorship Case by John E. Dannenberg On April 10, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California awarded $137,672 in supplemental legal fees and …
New York Sex Offenders’ Settlement Agreement Superseded by New Registration Law by New York Sex Offenders’ Settlement Agreement Superseded by New Registration Law The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dealt a blow to sex offenders in New York state when it ruled that despite an earlier suit and settlement …
Article • August 15, 2008
Class Representative’s Settlement Requires Court Scrutiny by At 298-99: Because of the representative nature of class suits and the numerous and sometimes divergent interests that are at stake, the court is charged with protecting the class members who, through their absence, are unable to protect themselves.... In order to carry …
Article • August 15, 2008
Alaska PRA Requires Disclosure of Settlement Agreement by The Anchorage Daily News (newspaper) sued in state court under tae state Public Records Act (Act), Alaska Stat. § 9.25.110 to compel the Anchorage School District (School District) to release a copy of its settlement agreement in a federal suit. The trial …
Article • August 15, 2008
NY Child Protection Suit Settled for Expert Evaluation, No Injunction by The court approves the settlement concerning child protection in New York City, which provides for a panel of experts to comprehensively evaluate the operations of the Agency for Children's Services but provides no specific injunctive relief. It bars future …
City Liable for Police Beating; Prior Settlements Admissible to Prove Policy by The 17-year-old plaintiff was forcibly arrested and thrown against a van, causing bruises to chest and head, was kneed in the back, and was bruised by excessively tight handcuffs, after engaging in a mock fight witnessed by a …
Article • August 15, 2008
County Prosecutor, Juvenile Court Manager's E-mails Ordered Disclosed Regarding Court's Dissolution by The Cowles Publishing Company (CPC) appealed an Idaho state district court’s ruling for non-disclosure of a settlement agreement regarding the dissolution of the Kootenai County Juvenile Education Training Court (JETC). Former JETC manager Marina Kalani appealed the same …
Article • August 15, 2008
Supreme Court Denies Mandatory Settlement Class Certification by Asbestos companies approached a group of plaintiffs' lawyers to discuss a "global settlement" of their tort liability, resulting in the filing of a mandatory class action that would bind all future claimants with no opt-out provision and thus permanently limit the defendants' …
Article • August 15, 2008
Michigan State Treasurer Seizes 90 Percent Of Prisoner's Suit Proceeds by Michigan State prisoner Raymond Jackson sought leave to appeal an appellate ruling allowing the state treasurer to seize 90 percent of his federal action proceeds under the State Correctional Facility Reimbursement Act (SCFRA). His attorneys appealed the reduction of …
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