$10,000 Settlement for Ill Treatment Prisoner Colostomy Bag by Washington State’s King County jail has paid $10,000 to settle the claim of Patrick Gaines, who entered jail on May 17, 2002 wearing a colostomy bag that had been surgically implanted in December 2001. Up until May 20, Gaines was kept …
$10,000 Settlement in Illegal Strip Search Claim by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $10,000 to settle the illegal strip search claim of Heather N. Caraway. After Caraway was arrested, along with over 100 other people protesting the World Trade Organization meeting on November 30, 2000, she was taken to …
$10,000 Settlement in Withheld Wages/Title Claim by Washington State’s King County paid $10,000 to settle a claim that alleged it placed Clarissa T. Berry in a supervisory position on January 1, 1996 to oversee the food services department for Youth Services Management without providing her training, a title or pay …
Washington School District Allowed to Block Public Records Act Request by The Supreme Court of Washington has held that agencies are allowed to seek a judicial determination as to whether a requested public record must be disclosed. The court also held that the attorney-client privilege applies to certain documents under …
$27,000 Settlement for Age/Gender Employment Discrimination by Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County paid $26,980 to settle the lawsuit of Harry G. Proctor, a 27-year veteran of the King County Jail. Sgt. Proctor alleged that on April 27, 2007, Captain Kempton called guard Sonja Tangen into his office to …
$28,000 Settlement for Jail Prisoner Assaulted by Guards by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $27,909.78 to settle the excessive force suit of Bradley D. Needleman. His complaint asserts that on May 19, 2003, he was assaulted in the jail by guards “John Doe” McKinly and Noah Wittner. As …
$30,000 Settlement in Ohio Jail Sexual and Racial Harassment by Ohio’s Richland County paid $30,000 to settle the sexual and racial harassment claim of Angela Pitts, whose claims occurred while employed as a guard by Richland County Sheriff Department (RCSD). Pitts, a white female, began working for the RCSD in …
$35,000 Settlement in Knee Injury at Seattle Jail by Washington State’s King County has paid $35,000 to settle the claim of Otis Hubbard, who claimed that he was pushed backwards at the Regional Justice Center Jail on July 16, 2000. The claim does not say who pushed Hubbard backwards, causing …
$40,000 Settlement in Former Guard’s ADA/Discrimination Suit by Washington State’s King County has paid $40,000 to settle the Americans with Disabilities Act and Washington Law of Discrimination suit of Jason Wanner, who was terminated from his position as a guard at Department Adult and Juvenile Detention. Wanner has been a …
$50,000 Settlement for Seattle Jail Guard’s Wrongful Termination by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $50,014.15 to settle the wrongful termination claim of Mimi Lee Dunn. She claimed that while working as a guard at the jail from May 1998 to October 20, 2000, she was the subject of sexual …
$51,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Prisoner’s Death by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $51,470.37 to settle a lawsuit stemming from the April 6, 2004 death of prisoner Wade S. Brown, who advised jail officials upon booking that he had heart problems that required prescribed medications. Despite that information during …
$75,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment Suit Against Seattle Jail by Washington’s King County paid $75,000 to settle the sexual harassment and hostile work environment lawsuit of Dolores Riganti-Curtiss. She claimed that while working at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention from November 1997 until she was “constructively discharged” in …
$80,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Employment Discrimination by Washington State’s King County paid $80,436.71 to settle the lawsuit of Orlando Panelli, who claimed that while working at the Department of Adult Detention from October 1, 1999 through April 16, 2003 he was subjected to discrimination based upon his race and …
$82,000 Settlement in Wrongful Termination; Failure to Accommodate Disability in Seattle Jail Suit by Washington State’s King County paid $81,607.59 to settle the lawsuit of Gerald Murphy, who claimed that he was wrongfully terminated from his position as Chief of Operations/Security at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention. The …
$3,800 Settlement for Claim at Youth Services by Washington State’s King County has paid $3,858.51 to settle a claim by Henry H. Williams III. The details of the November 22, 2006 incident at the H Hall Unit, Youth Services in Seattle are not contained in the claim form. Acting pro …
$4,000 Settlement in Failure to Arraign by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $4,000 to settle the claim of Michael Chiofar, which sought damages for the failure of the Jail to assure that he was arraigned within 72 hours of his arrest as required by Washington law. He claimed …
$4,400 Settlement in Slip and Fall at Jail by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $4,443 to settle the slip and fall claim of Patricia Hayes. While visiting her brother at the jail on November 17, 2004, Hayes slipped and fell on a wet surface. It caused a contusion …
$4,500 Settlement in Snohomish County Jail Work Injury Suit by Washington State’s Snohomish County Jail paid $4,500 to settle the lawsuit of Tami S. Rutledge, who asserted that while working in the Jail’s kitchen as a prisoner, she sustained severe and debilitating injuries to her right hand and thumb while …
$5.2 Million Settlement in Failure to Supervise Seattle Juvenile Probationers by Washington State’s King County paid $5,232,914.37 to settle the law suit of Said Muhamed Aba-Sheikh. On March 27, 1999, a gang of four boys – Michael Gallow, Miguel Pierre, Michael Anderson and Pulafano Ativalu – approached 16-year-old Aba-Sheikh as …
$7,500 as Settlement of Jail Nurse’s Sexual Harassment Claim by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $7,500 to settle the sexual harassment claim of Valerie J. Lincoln. She claimed that while she was a nurse at the Jail from May through August of 2000, she was sexually harassed by …
