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Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
$3.6 Million: California Prisoner Killed by Guards by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Santa Clara County, California has agreed to pay $3.6 million to the family of a mentally ill man who was beaten to death by guards in the county’s San Jose jail. The three guards who killed him, …
Slinker v. Grundy County, IA, Complaint, Jail Suicide, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA CEDAR RAPIDS DIVISION EARL SLINKER, individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE of JARED SLINKER, deceased, and as next friend of C.K.S., W.J.S. I, and W.J.S. II, Case No.: _________________ …
Article • January 3, 2018
First Circuit: Massachusetts Not Liable for State Employees' Punitive Damages by On September 18, 2015, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that the former governor and attorney general of Massachusetts could not be sued for failing to indemnify punitive damages awarded against state employees in a civil rights action. …
$5.75 Million Payout in Death of Rikers' Prisoner Denied Medical by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In a settlement of a lawsuit previously mentioned in Prison Legal News, New York City agreed on September 27, 2016, to pay $5.75 million to the mother of a mentally ill Rikers Island prisoner …
$3,802,000 Settlement, Rikers' Guard Conviction in Prisoner Death by On December 17, 2014, former Rikers Island Guard Captain Terrence Pendergrass, 52, was sentenced to five years in a federal prison for violating the civil rights of deceased prisoner Jason Echevarria, 25. Echevarria’s estate received a $3,802,000 settlement from the City …
Brief • January 2, 2018
Jones v. City of Cleveland, OH, Complaint, 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-00007-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: 01/02/18 1 of 8. PageID #: 1 Case: 1:18-cv-00007-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: 01/02/18 2 of 8. PageID #: 2 Case: 1:18-cv-00007-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: 01/02/18 3 of 8. PageID #: 3 Case: 1:18-cv-00007-DCN Doc …
Publication • January 1, 2018
Officer Shootings And Custodial Deaths, Texas Justice Initiative, 2018 Fact Sheet OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS AND CUSTODIAL DEATHS IN TEXAS 1. Where do shootings happen? Shootings happen where people happen. The vast majority of Texas shootings (89%) occur in urban areas, but the vast majority of Texas people also live in urban …
Article • December 28, 2017
$675,000 in Wrongful Death of Federal Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Estate of James F. Norton, formerly a prisoner at Federal Correctional Institution Oxford, Wisconsin, was awarded a total of $678,505.67 for the wrongful death of Norton due to negligence by prison medical staff between 1989 and …
Article • December 27, 2017
Fifth Circuit Gives Pass to Texas Jail in Suit Over Prisoner Death by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On November 23, 2004, Wilbert Lee Henson was arrested for an outstanding warrant related to a driving with a suspended license charge, and was booked into the Wichita County jail. Six days …
Article • December 21, 2017
$145,000 Settlement for Fatal Beating of Texas Prisoner by Matthew Clarke In 1999, defendants settled for $145,000 in a lawsuit brought by the estate and family of a Texas prisoner who was brutally beaten by guards and restrained in a position that caused fatal asphyxiation. Gary Lee Crensaw was serving a 45-year sentence …
Article • December 21, 2017
Prisoner's Wrongful Death FTCA Claim Dismissed For Lack of Jurisdiction by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States District Court for the District of Maryland has dismissed a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) case brought against the United States over the 2013 wrongful death of a prisoner held at …
Brief • December 21, 2017
Williams v. Papi, PA, Plt. Reply Brief to Disqualify Counsel, Medical Malpractice, 2017 Case 3:13-cv-01151-RDM Document 114 Filed 12/21/17 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MELINDA WILLIAMS, as Administrator of the Estate of BRIAN P. WILLIAMS, : : Plaintiff : CIVIL ACTION–LAW V. : …
Article • December 20, 2017
$90,000 Settlement in Erie County, N.Y. Jail Wrongful Death Case by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The estate of a prisoner who died as a result of the alleged negligence of Erie County, NY Jail staff has agreed to settle the case for $90,000. Marguerite Arrindell was held in the …
Article • December 19, 2017
$841,000 to Settle Negligent Medical Care Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal tort claim brought against the federal government, the Bureau of Prisons, and several medical and administrative officials for negligent medical care leading to a prisoner’s brain damage and death settled for $841,000 in May 2015. …
Brief • December 18, 2017
Garcia v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death (Negligent Police Shooting), 2017 l PANISH SHEA & BOYLE LLP BRIAN J. PANISH, State Bar No. 116060 2 panish(@psblaw.com THOMAS. A SCHULTZ, State Bar No. 149578 3 schultz@psblaw.com JOHN W. SHALLER, State Bar No. 276084 4 shaller@psblaw.com 11111 Santa Monica …
Anderson v. County of Contra Costa, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2017 ,. f FULL AND FINAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Full and Final Release and Settlement Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into as of the date it is fully executed by the parties hereto, as defined below, …
Virginia Mentally-Ill Man’s Death by Deterioration in Jail Cell Exhibits Policy Failures by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The death of a mentally-ill Virginia man jailed on a misdemeanor and confined in isolation while awaiting transfer to a psychiatric hospital exhibits the folly of current policies in dealing with …
Nixon v. Forsyth County, et al., N.C., jail neglect, wrongful death settlement, 2017 FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING DATE: SUBJECT: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: DECEMBER 14, 2017 15 RESOLUTION APPROVING SETTLEMENT OF THE CASE OF DIANE EMMERT NIXON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DINO VANN NIXON VS. …
Article • December 13, 2017
Sixth Circuit Upholds Denial of Summary Judgment to Prison Officials in Michigan Failure-to-Protect Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton On April 15, 2016, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit let stand a federal district court ruling which denied summary judgment to Wayne County, Michigan, jail …
Article • December 13, 2017
Washington Supreme Court: Jail Not Responsible for Crimes Committed by Ex-Prisoner by On September 22, 2016, a split Washington Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeals ruling and affirmed the trial court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the families and victims of a shooting instigated by a former jail …
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