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Estate of Epileptic New Mexico Prisoner Settles for $1,250,000 by During the week of May 22, 2000, the estate of a deceased epileptic prisoner who was denied medical attention and then allegedly tortured and beaten by a jailer in the Taos County, New Mexico, jail settled prior to trial for …
Article • May 15, 2007
Wrongful Death, Arrest of New Mexico Epileptic Settles For $1,250,000 by During the week of May 22, 2000, Taos County, New Mexico, settled for $1.25 million a wrongful death lawsuit alleging, among other things, false arrest, excessive force, and denial of medical care. Joaquin Gonzales, 42, had an epileptic seizure …
Article • May 15, 2007
$200,000 Verdict for Florida Prisoner in Failure to Treat Epilepsy by The plaintiff in this case was arrested and housed in Florida's Broward County Jail. Upon his arrest, he had a history of epilepsy and brought his medication with him to the jail. A doctor employed by defendant Prison Health …
Article • May 15, 2007
Texas: Fifth Circuit Reinstates Epileptic Prisoner's Federal, State Claims by In this appeal by an epileptic individual who suffered a seizure in the Kerr County (Texas) Jail, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that fact issues precluded summary judgment of his federal claims and that he stated causes …
Article • May 15, 2007
Texas Appeals Court Upholds Epileptic Prisoner's $60,000 Award by In this appeal by Harris County, Texas, and Sheriff Jack Heard (Appellants), the state Court of Appeals, 14th District, upheld a $60,000 jury verdict in favor of a former epileptic prisoner who was injured as a result of Appellants' negligence. On …
Article • May 15, 2007
Qualified Immunity Denied to Prison Pharmacist That Refused to Fill Prisoner's Prescriptions by Qualified Immunity Denied to Prison Pharmacist That Refused to Fill Prisoner's Prescriptions The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a pharmacist's refusal to fulfill a prescription issued by a doctor to treat a prisoner disentitles …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
MO Jail Guards Denying Seizure Medication amd Assigning Prisoner to Top Bunk May Violate 8th Amendment by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has reversed a federal district court?s grant of summary judgment to jailers who denied seizure medication to a prisoner, who then fell from a …
Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007
$214,000 Award for Injuries Caused by Dilantin Deprivation to Michigan Jail Prisoner by A Michigan federal jury awarded a former prisoner $214,000 in damages for injuries caused by policies at the Grand Traverse County Jail that failed to assure she received her Dilantin. The plaintiff in this case, Amy Lynn …
$470,000 Paid in Pennsylvania Jail Prisoners Seizure Related Death by $470,000 Paid in Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner's Seizure Related Death The Estate of a Pennsylvania prisoner has settled its civil rights action alleging Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations for the wrongful death of Virginia Brejcak, 42, at the Bucks County Correctional …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
$600,000 Settlement In Death Of Unmedicated Wisconsin Prisoner by A lawsuit over the death of a mentally ill epileptic Wisconsin prisoner has settled for $600,000. Kelvin Brooks, an epileptic state prisoner with a long history of mental illness was imprisoned at Wisconsin's Green Bay Correctional Facility. For unknown reasons Brooks …
$40,000 To Settle Excessive Force Claim At Los Angeles County Jail by In September, 2004, the Los Angeles County Claims Board (Board) agreed to pay $40,000 to settle an excessive force claim brought by a prisoner injured at the L.A. County Main Jail. On March 17, 2002, prisoner Joseph Amezola …
Survivors of Prisoner Killed in Texas County Jail Awarded $2,500,000 by On May 20, 2003, a state district court in El Paso, Texas, awarded $2.5 million in damages plus attorney fees and court costs of $393,518 to the surviving spouse, daughter and estate of a man who died while imprisoned …
Hawaii Prison Doctors Denied Qualified Immunity by AU.S. district court found that Hawaii state prison physicians were deliberately indifferent to a prisoner's medical needs and were not entitled to qualified immunity. Raymond Kenney filed suit in state court alleging denial of medication to control his seizures while he was a …
Article • June 15, 1999 • from PLN June, 1999
Corcoran Prisoner Left Hanging by During a 3 a.m. bed check, a Corcoran (Calif.) State Prison guard spotted a prisoner dangling from a noose in a darkened corner of his ad-seg cell. But rather than pop open the cell door and determine whether he was dead or alive, prison guards …
Abuse of Discretion to Dismiss Medical Suit by The Seventh Circuit court of appeals has held that a district court abused its discretion when, on technical procedural grounds, it refused to grant a prisoner leave to amend his suit adding the full names of defendants and dismissed the suit. Ralphfield …
New Trial Required for Improper Testimony by Michael Kemp is a Missouri state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that a prison guard, Antonio Balboa, had confiscated his epilepsy medication and flushed it down the toilet. This resulted in Kemp having epileptic seizures during which he injured himself. …
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