Skip navigation

Search

1630 results
Page 63 of 82. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 ... 78 79 80 81 82 | Next »

Article • May 15, 2007
Guard's Employment Rights Trump Prisoners' Privacy Rights by New York state female prisoners at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility filed a 42 U.S.C. p1983 complaint when male guards were assigned to their housing and medical units at night. The prisoners claimed that their constitutional rights to privacy were being violated …
$1,000 Paid in WA DOC Employee's Discrimination Suit by Saiyed I. Hasan, an employee at Washington Corrections Center, filed suit is State Court alleging he was the victim of harassment, discrimination, and false reports. The complaint does not detail the facts, which occurred in 1993. The suit was filed in …
$7,500 Paid in WA DOC Employee's Sexual/Racial Discrimination Suit by Norma Dillman, an employee at the Washington State Reformatory, was subjected to sexual and racial discrimination from 1986 to 1989. Her complaint states:" On May 19, 1987, at approximately 8:30 a.m. I was physically struck by Sgt. Gould after suffering …
Article • May 15, 2007
$15,612 Paid in WA DOC Employee's Hostile Work Environment Claim by Laurie Schley, a health care worker at the Washington Corrections Center, was subjected to a hostile work environment after her supervisor inquired in January 1995 of her marital situation, impending separation and dissolution of her marriage and other personal …
Article • May 15, 2007
$20,000 Paid in WA Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit by Kimberly D. Metzger, a guard at the Special Offender Center in Monroe, was subjected to sexual harassment from March 12, 1995 to October 12, 1995, by guard Eugene Porter. Porter made statements such as:" I know you want this big black …
Article • May 15, 2007
$25,000 Paid in WA DOC's Employees Sexual/Racial Harassment Suit by Alicia B. Gaukroger, a dental assistant at the Washington State Penitentiary, was subjected to conduct so pervasive it created a hostile work environment for her between May 1990 to July 10, 1992. Her supervisors, Douglas Wood, Daniel Iverson, David Hoegar, …
Article • May 15, 2007
$48,500 Paid In WA DOC Employee's Harassment Suit by Diane Kozak, an employee at Twin Rivers Correctional Facility in Monroe, Washington, filed suit in Snohomish County Superior Court alleging that guard "Ordonez" subjected her to sexual harassment, unwanted touchings, and sexual remarks. He was disciplined and advised by his employer …
Article • May 15, 2007
$50,000 Paid in WA DOC Employees Sexual Discrimination Suit by Ruth M. Klepach, an employee at a Yakima County Washington Department of Corrections Facility, filed suit alleging she was discriminated against on the basis of gender in the course and scope of her employment. The complaint, filed in Yakima County …
$62,000 Paid In WA DOC Employee's Race/Gender Discrimination Suit by Dorothy J. Sanders, an employee of the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, filed suit in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, alleging that in 1997 she was forced to work in a hostile environment due to her race …
Article • May 15, 2007
SD Conviction for Spitting on Prison Guard Affirmed by Brian Schouten, a state prisoner, spat on a guard at the South Dakota State Penitentiary. He was convicted of a class 6 felony under SDCL 22-18-26 for the spitting incident, without being allowed to present evidence of his diminished capacity. On …
Article • May 15, 2007
L.A. County Probation Department Employee Awarded $95,000 for Discriminatory Forced Retirement by by John E. Dannenberg A 39-year veteran employee of the County of Los Angeles' (L.A.) Probation Department, in failing health, was constructively forced to retire by a job transfer that he alleged was intended to harass him because …
Former PHS Employee Awarded $200,000 for Retaliation, Age Discrimination by On August 16, 2001, a Maine jury awarded $200,000 to a registered nurse who claimed she was fired by Prison Health Services (PHS) for voicing concerns about the quality of care being provided to juvenile prisoners and because of her …
Article • May 15, 2007
Massachusetts: City Potentially Liable For Officer's Negligence by In this case involving a university police officer who was injured by an escaped prisoner, the Superior Court of Massachusetts denied summary judgment to the City of Worcester. The Court held that a jury could find the City's officer was grossly negligent …
Article • May 15, 2007
IL Guard's Challenge to Her Dismissal Held Untimely by Erma Rodriguez, a jail guard, was fired by the Sheriff's Merit Commission of Kane County, Illinois (Commission). A copy of that decision was mailed to her on May 23, 2003. She filed for review by a Kane County trial court on …
$106,500 Awarded to Whistle Blowing FL Jail Nurse by A jury in Palm Beach County, Florida, entered a verdict in favor of Angela Wilson, who claimed that she was fired as an employee of the Palm Beach County Health Department for revealing illegal activities at her job. Wilson, who was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Release of Police Personnel Files Not Due Process Violation by Police officer Andre Dyer's federal civil rights judgment for due process violations against the City of Little Rock was reversed by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Dyer and another officer, Jerry Hart, alleged that the city had violated their …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prison Employees Clearing Security Constitutes Paid Work Time by The Maryland Court of Appeals upheld an Administrative Law Judge's decision that the state prison could not force employees to use personal leave time to undergo searches while entering and leaving prison property. Kathleen Palmer and other employees of the Eastern …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York Prisoner Receives 25 to Life for Throwing Urine/Feces on Guard by The Appellate Division of New York's Supreme Court has affirmed a prisoner's conviction and sentence of 25 years to life for throwing a cup of human waste on a guard. While housed in the special housing unit …
Jail Liable for Distress Caused by Hostage Training by The defendants created a training exercise intended to prepare jailers for a hostage situation, and did entirely too good a job of it, according to the plaintiff jailers. They enlisted two probationary jailers to play inmates. They were allowed into the …
County and Private Health Company Liable for Retaliatory Firings by The plaintiffs, registered nurses allegedly fired from their jobs at the county jail for criticizing the county's department of mental health, stated a First Amendment claim against various defendants. There is a question of fact whether the private medical provider …
Page 63 of 82. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 ... 78 79 80 81 82 | Next »