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Article • February 15, 2012
California DOC Agrees to $135,000 Settlement for Failing to Diagnose Prisoner’s Cancer, Resulting in Death by A $135,000 award was granted in the wrongful death suit against California Department of Corrections (CDOC). In July of 2000, Jake Mumm, a California prisoner, was housed at California Men’s Colony, where he began …
Article • February 15, 2012
$150,000 Settlement in Tulsa, Oklahoma Police Beating of Juvenile Suit by A $150,000 settlement was reached in a suit against police for excessive force on a teenage minor. The suit filed against the City of Tulsa stated that on April 12, 2008, three Tulsa City Police Officers, Stephen Boyes, Timothy …
Article • February 15, 2012
$175,000 Settlement in New York False Arrest Suit by A $175,000 settlement was reached in a false arrest suit filed by a New York man and infant child. The suit arose on August 2, 2004 when Keith Brown and an infant child, D.M. were in the park in Pelham, New …
$180,000 Settlement Reached in a False Imprisonment Suit against Private Security Contractor by A $180,000 settlement was reached in a suit against U.S. Protect, a private security corporation under federal contract to oversee security at the border crossing in San Ysidro, California. On November 3, 2006, Maria Quinones, who is …
Article • February 15, 2012
$350,000 Settlement Reached in Negligence Suit over California Youth Prison Suicide by A $350,000 settlement was reached in a federal lawsuit related to the death of a prisoner at a youth prison in California. On August 31, 2005, Joseph Daniel Maldonado, a prisoner at N.A. Chanderjian Youth Correctional Facility, was …
$375,000 Settlement Reached in Racial Discrimination Suit against California DOC by A $375,000 settlement was reached in a racial discrimination suit against the California Department of Corrections (CDOC). Kevin Robinson began working for CDOC on January 1, 1999, at Pleasant Valley State Prison. In April 2006, Robinson’s supervisor, Sgt. Steve …
Article • February 15, 2012
$465,000 Award in New York Jail Guard’s Sexual Harassment Suit by A $465,000 award was granted by a federal jury to a female county corrections officer in a sexual harassment suit. Amy Negron filed suit against former Ulster County sheriff Paul Van Blarcum, former sheriff Richard Bockelman, and Corporal Paul …
Article • February 15, 2012
California: Guard Union Members Not Entitled to Back Pay for Furloughed Days by The California Court of Appeal has reversed an order by the Superior Court of Alameda County that would have resulted in back pay for approximately 30,000-35,000 state civil service employees working at correctional facilities operated by the …
California: Failure to Accommodate Hearing-Impaired Parolee Leads To $100,000 Settlement by In November 2009, Joseph Genova, a hearing-impaired ex-prisoner, signed a Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims, accepting $10,000 from the State of California, $68,000 from Walden House, Inc., and $22,000 from Behavioral Systems Southwest, Inc. (BSS) in exchange …
Article • February 15, 2012
California Federal Jury Awards $217,784 to Diabetic Bodybuilder Beaten by Police by A San Francisco federal jury awarded $217,784 to a bodybuilder who police beat while he was in life-threatening insulin shock. Doug Burns, who suffers from Type I (juvenile-onset) diabetes, won the Natural Mr. Universe bodybuilding competition in 2006. …
Article • February 15, 2012
Filed under: Police, False Arrest
$1,836 Settlement in Mistaken Identity Arrest by California’s County of Sacramento paid $1,836 to settle the claim of Victor M. Ramirez, who was pulled over after making an illegal turn. The officer issued him a citation, said there was an outstanding warrant for “Victor Gonzalez,” and arrested Ramirez. As a …
Article • February 15, 2012
California: $3,500 Settlement to Woman Hit by Door Opened by Police Officer by California’s County of Sacramento paid $3,500 to settle the claim of Nancy R. Wesley for injuries she incurred on November 24, 2002. As she was standing in line to put money on her daughter’s books at the …
Article • February 15, 2012
$11.5 Million Jury Award to Family of Man Wrongfully Killed by Cop by In March 2011, a Prince George’s County jury awarded $11.5 million in damages to the widow and child of a man who was shot to death by a police officer. In August 2008, while moonlighting as a …
Article • February 15, 2012
Washington: $260,000 Settlement in Unlawful Strip Search and Taser Case by A woman who was illegally strip searched and then Tasered was awarded a $260,000 settlement against the City of Olympia, Washington. Cynthia Brown was arrested on August 19, 2008 for trespassing and taken to the Olympia City Jail. During …
Article • February 15, 2012
California: $125,000 Settlement in Wrongful Death Case; Police Shot Victim by In February 2010, the city of Huntington Beach, California agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Kenneth MacDonald and Lisa Marie Guy, the parents of Ashley MacDonald, 18, who was shot by two of …
Article • February 15, 2012
New York: $12,500 Settlement Reached in Youth Center Abuse Suit by A $12,500 settlement was reached in a negligence claim alleging abuse at a New York juvenile facility. Prisoner Shonta Ranesha Jackson was incarcerated at the Tryon Residential Youth Center on March 2, 2006 when she was assaulted by two …
Article • February 15, 2012
CA City Agrees to Pay $750,000 to Former Cop Tasered During Unlawful Arrest by The City of Antioch, California agreed to pay $750,000 to a former San Francisco police inspector who was unlawfully arrested. On June 7, 2007, police came to Marvetia Lynn Richardson’s home in response to a 911 …
Article • February 15, 2012
City of Everett, Washington Settles Police Shooting Suit for $500,000 by In February 2011, the City of Everett in Washington State agreed to settle for $500,000 a lawsuit brought by the family of a man gunned down by police. Niles Meservey was fatally shot by police officer Troy Meade outside …
Article • February 15, 2012
Cop who Assaulted other Cop Ordered to Pay over $23K by A New York jury has ordered an Albany police officer to pay a former co-worker $23,384 in damages for emotional distress and lost time from work. Shirley Morton sued Kevin McKenna, a traffic safety supervisor at the Albany Police …
Article • February 15, 2012
Award for Freed Prisoner Vacated by Louisiana Appellate Court by On February 20, 2008, the First Circuit Louisiana Court of Appeals vacated and remanded for further proceedings a trial court’s judgment awarding a former prisoner compensation for a wrongful conviction and imprisonment. Calvin Williams was convicted in 1977 of first-degree …
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