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$15,000 Settlement For BOP's Abuse, Conspiracy Against Government Informant by Colorado federal prisoner and government informant, David Merritt, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1999 after federal guards and officials at the Florence Supermax (ADX) facility conspired to have him killed, violated his constitutional rights and …
$45,000 Settlement For Refusal To Reset Federal Prisoner's Broken Wrist by Kansas federal prisoner Arthur Mitchell brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2001 after prison physicians refused to correct the misalignment of his broken wrist. The suit settled for $45,000. Mitchell was incarcerated at the Federal …
Article • March 15, 2009
$250,000 Settlement After Federal Prison Bus Accident by Numerous federal prisoners brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1995 after sustaining injuries during a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prison bus accident. The suit settled for $250,000 in 1998. Federal prisoners were being transported on a BOP bus …
$250,000 Settlement After Federal Prisoner Dies From Undiagnosed Heart Attack by Georgia State resident Janie Federick, administrator of deceased federal prisoner Ronnie Ruff's estate, and Ruff's family, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2002. Federick alleged that a lack of standard medical care proximately resulted in …
Beating Of Ex Federal Prisoner And Snitch Settles For $300,000 by Ex federal prisoner Mark Lang petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in 1993 and filed subsequent tort action in 1995 for redress after prison officials put him in a cell with a psychiatric patient who severely beat him. …
Article • March 15, 2009
BOP Sued For Federal Prisoner's Negligent Blinding by Ex Florida federal prisoner Luis Monroy Vargas brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1999 after becoming blind in one eye. Federal Bureau of Prisons personnel at three facilities failed to treat him properly after an object fell into …
Colorado Federal Prisoner's Pastoral Visit Denial Settles For $10,370 by Colorado federal prisoner and Buddhist, Yu Kikumura, brought a Bivens and federal tort action against officials at the United States Penitentiary (USP) at Florence after being denied visits by non Buddhist ministers. The action was settled for $10,370 and the …
Federal Prisoner's Negligent Tumor Diagnosis Results In Partial Colon Loss by Former Alabama federal prisoner John Trevor brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2002 after personnel at the Federal Corrections Center (FCC) at Talladega failed to diagnose and treat a cancerous tumor. The $1 million suit …
Article • March 15, 2009
Florida Federal Prisoner Commits Suicide While Being Monitored by A Florida deceased federal prisoner's wife, Lillian Diaz, and on behalf of the decedent's minor son, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996. Her husband, federal prisoner Alejandro Diaz, committed suicide while in the care of Federal …
Florida Federal Prisoner's Negligently Treated Seizures Result in Paralysis by Florida federal prisoner Harold Wood brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2001 after Bureau of Prisons medical personnel failed to follow medical advice resulting in permanent disabling injuries. The $30 million suit settled for an undisclosed …
Article • March 15, 2009
Negligent Federal Prisoner's Medical Care Leads To Permanent Hearing Loss by Florida federal prisoner Walter Hernandez, Jr., brought a federal tort action against the Bureau of Prisons in 1998 after medical personnel were negligent in diagnosing and treating his ear infections. Permanent hearing loss resulted. The $5 million suit settled …
$7,500 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility by Colorado federal prisoner Marion Bryant, Jr., brought a combined Bivens, 42 U.S.C § 1983 and federal tort action against federal guards and officials for excessive force in 1997. He alleged cruel and unusual punishment leading to injury, as well …
$10,000 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility by Kinson Celestin, a federal prisoner housed in Texas, brought a combined Bivens and federal tort action against the United States in 1998 after allegedly being beaten by federal prison guards at a Colorado facility and subsequently being denied medical …
Article • March 15, 2009
$500 Settlement After Illinois Federal Prisoner Food Poisoned by Wisconsin federal prisoner Charles Anderson brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 for being food poisoned at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Marion, Illinois, in 1997. The $2,500 suit settled for less than $500 in 1999 …
$500,000 Settlement After BOP Failed To Diagnose Employee's Tumor by Minnesota Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee Ruth Sonnek brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2000 after BOP medical examiners failed to diagnose and treat her for a tumor. Their pre employment x ray clearly showed that …
Child's Fingertip Amputated After Guard's Negligence by Wisconsin resident Evonie Bean, guardian of injured minor Tianna Fudge, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2001 after Fudge's fingertip was caught in a prison door and severed while at a prison visit. Details of the 2003 settlement agreement …
Article • March 15, 2009
Civilian's Fall At Michigan Federal Prison Settles For $80,000 by Tennessee State residents Melinda and William Sexton brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1999 after Melinda slipped and fell at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Milan, Michigan, in 1997. The suit settled for $80,000 in …
$750,000 Settlement for Colorado DOC Guard Death At Hands Of BOP Training Instructors by Colorado state resident Pamela Perse brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1995 after Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) personnel's negligence resulted in the death of her husband. The suit settled for $750,000 …
Article • March 15, 2009
Federal Prisoner's Lost Eyeglasses Suit Settles by Kansas federal prisoner Alan Strong brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 after personnel at the United States Penitentiary (USP) at Leavenworth lost eyeglasses valued at approximately $1,000. The suit settled for an undisclosed amount in 1999. Strong was …
Article • February 15, 2009
Plaintiff Held Mostly Liable After Tort Action Against BOP Backfires by Kentucky resident Carolyn Eichler and others brought a federal tort action in 1997 against the United States after a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) bus collided with their vehicle. Various plaintiffs alleged damages and the court determined that Eichler, the …
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