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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, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $5,750 in Bunk Fall Case by In January of 1996, prisoner Ronald J. Joyner as injured climbing down from his top bunk. Joyner, a prisoner at Washington Correctional Center in Shelton, Washington, fell climbing from a window ledge onto a chair that collapsed underneath him. Joyner dislocated …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $1,063.49 to Settle Slip and Fall by On August 7th, 1997, Alvinia Lott, an employee for the Department of Corrections, fell on the gravel at Clallam Bay Corrections Center in Clallam County, Washington, while leaving work. Lott, then 65, complained that there was no hand rail to …
Washington DOC Pays $4,500 in Kitchen Hose Explosion by On April 11th, David Whitener, a prisoner confined at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington suffered severe burns while working in the institution's kitchen. Whitmer was washing dishes in the dish tank when the hot water hose attached to the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ferry Rams Dock, State of Washington Pays $1,294 by On June 8th, 1997, Colleen E. Castanada was riding the Department of Corrections operated Callam Ferry when it rammed into the side of a dock. Castanada, who was on her way to visit a prisoner at McNeil Island Corrections Center in …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Settles Ferry Fall Suit for $60,000 by On February 17th, 1993 Fernie Wayne Gay, a resident of McNeil Island, Washington slipped and fell on an icy patch in a ferry dock of McNeil Island's Corrections Center. Gay suffered a variety of injuries including bruises, contusions, a soft tissue …
Prisoner Had Standing to Enforce Consent Decree by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held 265 prisoners of the Arizona Department of Corrections have standing to enforce a 1973 consent decree even though none of those prisoners was a party to the 1973 suit. The court held that prisoners are …
Article • May 15, 2007
Qualified Immunity Denial Upheld in Jewish Prisoner's Religious Freedom Claim by Qualified Immunity Denial Upheld in Jewish Prisoner's Religious Freedom Claim The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld denial of qualified immunity to defendant prison officials by a California federal district court in a case where a Jewish prisoner …
Article • May 15, 2007
Qualified Immunity Discussed in Texas Over Detention Suit by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that jail officials failed to present sufficient evidence to allow the question of qualified immunity to be submitted to the jury. This action was filed by a former prisoner of the Dallas County Jail …
Article • May 15, 2007
Qualified Immunity to Prison Guard in Prisoner Shooting by Upholding decisions by the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a California state prison guard was not entitled to qualified immunity for shooting and killing a state prisoner but that the …
Rhode Island DOC May Be Liable for Virginia's Treatment of Prisoners by The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals held that Rhode Island corrections officials may be liable for unconstitutional treatment of Rhode Island prisoner held in Virginia prisons. Bernardo Figueroa is a prisoner in custody of the Rhode Island …
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