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Article • July 15, 2011
Utah Prison Van Accident States “Unnecessary Rigor” Claim by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson The Utah Supreme Court found that a prisoner sufficiently alleged an “unnecessary rigor” claim under the State Constitution for injuries sustained in a transport van accident. Yet, the Court suggested that dismissal may be proper for …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
$149,500 Settlement for Hawaiian Prisoner Denied Medical Care After Transport Accident by A $149,500 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by a Hawaiian prisoner who was denied medical care for injuries suffered after a prison transport van was involved in an accident. Scott Tenney and six other prisoners …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Releasees from Rural Michigan Jail Frighten Neighbors on Long Walk Home by The remoteness of Michigan’s Ottawa County Jail is leaving released prisoners who have no transportation with no choice but to walk home. Consequently, local residents who live on the county roads that the releasees must travel are scared. …
Eighth Circuit Reverses Transport Rape Summary Judgment by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials were not entitled to summary judgment on a female prisoner’s claim that she was raped during transport. On December 15, 2005, Missouri prisoner Penny Whitson was being transported from the Stone County …
Article • May 15, 2011
L.A. County $220,000 settlement In Traffic Collision Involving Sheriff's Deputies by L.A. County $220,000 Settlement In Traffic Collision Involving Sheriff's Deputies On September 23, 2009, the Office of County Council for the County of Los Angeles submitted a County Claims Board recommendation to the county's Board of Supervisors to settle …
Article • May 15, 2011
No Sovereign immunity for City or Police Officer in Vehicle Collision with Pedestrian by Brandon Sample Brandon Sample The Ohio Court of Appeals for the Ninth District has affirmed a lower court’s denial of summary judgment for the City of Cuyahoga Falls and one of its police officers. Timothy Brown …
Article • May 15, 2011
U.S. Extradition Services Settles Wrongful Death Suit by By Brandon Sample The family of a prisoner who was killed while being transported by a private prison transport company has agreed to settle its wrongful death suit. The parents of Shawn Talbot sued U.S. Extradition services after their son died while …
Article • May 15, 2011
TDCJ Pays $80,162.50 to Settle Suit over Truck Collision by In June, 2004, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) agreed to settle a lawsuit over a collision caused by a prisoner-driven tractor trailer for $80,162.50. On July 20, 2000, Texas state prisoner Richard Wayne Howe, Jr. was driving a …
Article • May 15, 2011
$11,126.40 Settlement in Washington DOC Car Accident Claim by The State of Washington paid $11,126.40 to settle the lawsuit of Titus-Will Ford Inc. for vehicle damages due to driver negligence. While waiting for a clear intersection on December 4, 2003, in the left hand turn lane on S. Tacoma way, …
Texas: $5 Million Settlement in TransCor Sex Abuse Case by In October 1999, prisoner Cheryl Schoenfeld was sexually assaulted by two TransCor employees while being transported through Texas. TransCor, a subsidiary of private prison firm Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), transports prisoners nationwide. TransCor guards Michael Jerome Edwards and David …
Article • April 15, 2011
D.C. Court of Appeals Upholds $450,000 Verdict for Motorist in Traffic Accident with Cop by On May 13, 2010, the D.C. Court of Appeals upheld a $450,000 verdict against two D.C. cops who were involved in the arrest of a motorist following a traffic accident with an off-duty D.C. cop. …
Article • April 15, 2011
$250,000 Settlement in Florida Auto Accident Claim Against Geo by The Geo Group paid $250,000 to settle an auto accident claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by Elsworth Noel Seals. In her complaint, Seals alleged that on March 1, 2006. While approaching an intersection in her vehicle in …
Article • April 15, 2011
GEO Group Car Accident Settlement by The GEO Group Inc. paid $20,000 to settle a car accident suit with injuries. In his complaint, plaintiff Keven Freeze claimed on May 1, 2006, that Harold Eades, an employee of the GEO Group, was operating a motor vehicle in a reckless manner causing …
Summary Judgment Granted to a County Sheriff for a Civil Detainees Civil Violation by A California Federal District Court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging violation of a civil detainee’s Fourth Amendment rights. Civil detainee John T. Sundquist was at the Atascadero State Hospital under the …
Article • April 15, 2011
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $965.44 After Woman’s Car Was Struck by Debris by On December 14, 2005, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) Agreed to pay $965.44 to a woman whose car was damaged after a piece of particle board fell out of a DOC truck. On October 21, …
Article • April 15, 2011
Jury Awards $336,000 to Prisoner Hurt during Van Accident by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On June 29, 2007, a South Carolina jury awarded $336,000 to a prisoner who was seriously injured during a rollover accident that resulted in severe, permanent injury. On November 10, 2003, Cheryl Boles was being …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Class Action Certified in California Federal Civil Rights Suit Against TransCor by On February 16, 2010, a California U.S. District Court certified a class action lawsuit against Nashville, Tennessee-based private prison transport company TransCor America for transporting prisoners more than 24 continuous hours without giving them an opportunity to rest …
Article • March 15, 2011
$6,000 Settlement in Washington Prisoner’s Auto Accident Claim by The State of Washington paid $6,000 to settle the lawsuit of Christopher Morgan for bodily injury sustained in an auto accident. While incarcerated at Little Rock Prison, Morgan was transported to Shelton on September 25, 2003 for a dental appointment. When …
Article • March 15, 2011
$7,000 Settlement in D.C. Negligent Driver Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $7,000 to settle the lawsuit of Sharell Taylor for injuries sustained in an accident with a D.C. bus. While driving on October 22, 1996, Taylor’s vehicle was struck by a bus operated by Marvin Gooch, Jr., …
Article • March 15, 2011
$9,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Transportation Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $9,500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Quintin Vasciannie for deliberate indifference and unconstitutional conditions of confinement. While being held at Lorton Correction of February 15, 2001, Vasciannie, along with several other prisoners, was picked up …
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