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Policy of Hiring Trained Medical Professionals Does Not Immunize County from Municipal Liability in Wrongful Jail Death; Case Settles for $475,000.00 by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that where a Los Angeles County Jail prisoner died of allegedly deficient medical attention, …
Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007
California Ban On Hardcover Books Held Unconstitutional by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) held that the policy by California?s Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) Security Housing Unit of banning prisoners? possession of hardcover books violated their First Amendment rights. During the course of …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Alaska DOC Liable for Rape of Federal Prisoner by Prison Doctor by Alaska?s Supreme Court has held that the intentional-tort immunity law does not prevent a suit against the state when it breaches a duty separate from its role as an employer. B.R., a federal prisoner housed at the state …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
South Carolina Prisoner Awarded $4,000 For Fall, Broken Ankle by On August 21, 2006, a South Carolina jury awarded $4,000 to a man who fell and broke his ankle while imprisoned in the Charleston County Detention Center. Plaintiff Clark Green, 40, claimed that while imprisoned in the two-story jail he …
Alaska Jail Settles Alcohol Withdrawal Death Case For $573,000 by On June 12, 2006, the State of Alaska settled a federal civil rights lawsuit over the wrongful death of a prisoner in a state-run jail for $573,000. Julia Walker is the mother of Troy Wallace, who died while a prisoner …
Coleman v. Schwarzenegger, CA., Discovery Hearing Order Prison Inspections, Medical Class Action, 2007 Case 3:01-cv-01351-TEH Document 906 Filed 10/30/2007 Page 1 of 7 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS 2 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 AND THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT COMPOSED …
Article • May 15, 2007
Summary Judgment, Qualified Immunity Denied on Deliberate Indifference Claim by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds to a federal correctional counselor charged with deliberate indifference to a serious medical need. Robert Mahler, a prisoner at the Federal Prison Camp in …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Punishment for Possessing Inflammatory Papers, $1,000 Jury Award Upheld by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a prisoner cannot be punished for simply possessing "revolutionary" material, supervisors were liable for constitutional violations surrounding prisoner's placement in segregation, and a jury award of $1,000 was …
Qualified Immunity Ends Lawsuit by Juvenile Raped by Staff by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that various supervisors were not deliberately indifferent to the medical needs of an incarcerated juvenile, and they were thus entitled to qualified immunity from suit. The court further held that …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $52,000 in Bookshelf Injury Resulting in Blindness by In 1987, Charles W. Dickerson, a prisoner then confined at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon was severely attacked and assaulted by another prisoner. As a result of the incident, Dickerson lost his left eye and his right …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $78,150 in Bus Slip and Fall by On October 23, 1992 Cheryl Turner Jennings, a free citizen of the State of Washington visiting a prisoner, fractured her left ankle while attempting to exit a bus owned by the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections. Jennings, …
Washington DOC Pays $1,700 in Faulty Kettle Claim by On December 6th, 1989 Alvin Lee Prater, then a prisoner confined at McNeil Island Corrections Center in Steilacoom, Washington, suffered a fall that injured both his right knee and lower back. Prater was working in the institution's kitchen when he was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $5,500 for Faulty Stairs by On December 1st, 1999 Edward Tuinman, a prisoner confined at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, Washington, fell half way through a faulty set of stairs leading to the prison hospital. Tuinman was on his way to the medical floor when his …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $4,000 in Parking Lot Slip and Fall by In 1994 Robert A. Hamack tripped fell in the parking lot of Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, Washington. Hamack and his wife were on their way to visit a prisoner when Hamack, after dropping his wife off at the …
Washington DOC Pays $50,000 to Injured Contractor by In 1999, the State of Washington paid Ramon Martin $50,000. Martin, a free citizen of the State of Washington was employed as a contractor with Washington State. On June 30, 1996, Martin delivered a bucket loader to Clallam Bay Corrections Center in …
Article • May 15, 2007
Qualified Immunity Granted in Mail Inspection Case by A federal court in Nevada held that since the constitutionality of prison procedures governing the opening of prisoner mail was unclear, prison officials enjoyed qualified immunity with respect to the opening of a piece of mail from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, …
Prisoner Burned Washington DOC Paid $4,500 by On June 3, 1994, John L. Cox, a prisoner confined at the Twin Rivers Correctional Facility in Monroe, Washington, was severely burned. Cox, working as a steam fitter, was ordered to remove a fitting to repair a broken pump when the fitting blew …
Washington DOC Pays $10,500 in Slip and Fall by In 1997, the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections paid Mark A. Kostatelos $10,500. Kostatelos, a prisoner residing at McNeil Island Correctional Center in Steilacoom County, Washington, worked in the marine maintenance and repair shop as a marine mechanic. …
Article • May 15, 2007
$23,000 Washington DOC Negligence Baseball Field Maintenance Settlement by In 1992, Willie Tripplet, a prisoner confined at Pine Lodge Pre-Release in Medical Lake, Washington. was injured during a recreational baseball game. Tripplet tripped in a hole in front of home base as he attempted to slide, injuring his right hand, …
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