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Brief • January 26, 2011
Filed under: Damages
Colon v. City of Lawrence, MA, Judgment Agreement, def to honor payment to plf, 2011 Case 1:08-cv-11960-NMG Document 69-1 Filed 01/26/11 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS MANUEL COLON, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF LAWRENCE and CARL FARRINGTON Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action …
Virginia Jail Prisoner Awarded $7,500 after Being Beaten By Guards by On September 3, 2009, U.S. District Judge Richard L. Williams entered judgment in favor of a Virginia prisoner who was beaten by guards. In all, the prisoner was awarded $7,500. On September 20, 2005, there was a disturbance at …
Missouri Jail Prisoner Awarded $5,000 in Failure to Protect Case by On September 3, 2009, a federal jury returned a $5,000 verdict in favor of a prisoner who alleged that staff failed to protect him from attack. While incarcerated at the St. Louis City Justice Center, Harold Dykes was attacked …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
King County, WA Pays $125,000 for Assault on Juvenile Prisoner by Washington state’s King County has paid $125,000 to settle a claim that accused a guard of physically abusing a juvenile offender. The claim involved events that occurred on November 29, 2008 at the King County Jail. The juvenile, Malika …
$12,000 Award to Wheelchair-Bound NY Prisoner for Fall off Loading Ramp by A New York Court of Claims awarded a prisoner $12,000 for injuries incurred by a fall off a curb while in a wheelchair. Prisoner Darin Carathers became a paraplegic after sustaining a gun shot wound to the neck …
Ohio Prisoner Awarded $40,000 for Sexual Assault by On August 19, 2009, an Ohio prisoner was awarded $40,000 after being sexually assaulted as a result of deliberate indifference to his safety. John Meyer, a prisoner at the Southeastern Correctional Institution (SCI), approached Sergeant Barbara McNicholas after being “roughed up” and …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Illinois Jail Agrees to Pay $290,000 & Annuity Payments to Settle Excessive Force Suit by Illinois Jail Agrees to Pay $290,000 & Annuity Payments to Settle Excessive Force Suit Tazewell County, Illinois has agreed to settle an excessive force suit for $290,000 and annual annuity payments. Charles Chandler was taken …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Indiana Indemnification Statute Not Retroactive; Prisoner’s Estate Unable to Collect $56.5 Million Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a 2003 Indiana statute that requires indemnification of government employees under certain circumstances has prospective application only. Before the Court was …
New Mexico Prisoner Vindicates Native American Religious Rights with Injunction, Fees and Damages by A New Mexico prisoner has prevailed in a religious freedom case that vindicated his right to practice his Native American beliefs. The lawsuit resulted in a settlement in April 2009 that specified the religious practices prison …
First Circuit Upholds $101,750,000 in Damage Awards in FBI Misconduct Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 27, 2009, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an almost $102 million judgment in a lawsuit filed against the federal government after the FBI helped an informant secure the convictions …
California Prisoner Settles Medical Suit for $35,000 by Eighteen months after surviving a motion for summary judgment, California prisoner William Milton agreed to a settlement of $35,000 in a case involving denial and delay of medical treatment. Though unpublished, the district court’s March 2007 order denying defendants’ motion for summary …
Jury Awards $80,001 to New Hampshire Prisoner for Guard Beating by On September 18, 2009, a federal jury awarded a New Hampshire state prisoner $80,000 in punitive damages for a violation of his Eighth Amendment rights, plus $1 in nominal damages. While incarcerated at the New Hampshire State Prison for …
Canadian Appellate Court Affirms $12,000 Judgment for Prisoner by On June 2, 2009, a Canadian appellate court affirmed a decision by Federal Court Prothonotary Martha Milczynski awarding $12,000 to Barry Carr, a federal prisoner. Carr had accused Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) of negligence and breaching its duty of care …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
$3.1 Million Settlement to Wrongly Convicted Massachusetts Prisoner by On July 28, 2009, within weeks of settling a similar wrongful conviction lawsuit that resulted in a $3.4 million payment to the estate of Kenneth Waters, the town of Ayer, Massachusetts agreed to pay $3.1 million to settle a federal complaint …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
$80,000 Award in NY Prisoner’s Claim for Injuries Caused by Assault by A New York Court of Claims has awarded $80,000 in damages to a prisoner at the Auburn Correctional Facility in connection with a prisoner-on-prisoner assault. Previously, in an October 1, 2007 order, the court found the State of …
$2.1 Million Awarded in New York Unjust Conviction Claim by On March 16, 2009, a New York Court of Claims awarded $2,093,420 in damages to a man who was wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting his 4-year-old child. He had spent more than two years in a maximum-security prison. During “an …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
Washington DOC Ordered to Pay $174,000 for False Imprisonment by A Washington state woman has been awarded $174,000 in damages after the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) miscalculated her sentence, causing her to stay in prison an extra 18 months. Melanie Hinkle was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in …
Arkansas Prisoner Awarded $625 for Refusing to Clean His Cell on the Sabbath by On April 13, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Harry F. Barnes adopted a magistrate’s report and recommendation that found an Arkansas prisoner should be awarded $625 after being punished for refusing to work on the Sabbath. …
Washington State Makes Work Release Available to Disabled Prisoners; Monetary Payments to Class Members by The Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) agreed to a settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that results in not only a policy change but monetary payments …
Federal Judge Holds Texas Parole Board Coleman Hearings Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 6, 2009, a federal judge ruled that hearings held by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (BPP) to determine whether onerous sex offender conditions should be imposed on parolees not convicted of …
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