Washington DOC Pays $40,000 in Chair Collapse by In 1999, the Department of Corrections and the State of Washington paid Michael Debruyne $40,000. Debruyne, a free citizen of the State of Washington, was employed by Beginning Alliance, a contractor with the DOC providing alcohol and drug rehabilitation counseling at the …
Washington DOC Pays $156 for Losing Court Tape by In 1999, the State of Washington paid Robert D. Wrinkle $156 to settle a court access suit. Wrinkle, a prisoner confined at Clallam Bay Corrections Center in Clallam Bay, Washington, filed suit in 1995 alleging that the Department of Corrections and …
Washington Prisoner Has Right to Counsel in Racial Discrimination Suit by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington erred when it dismissed a pro se prisoner's lawsuit for failing to state a claim and for denying …
Washington DOC Pays $1,500 in Ice Slip and Fall by In 1994, Maureen E. Olin, a free citizen was paid $1,500 by the State of Washington. On a cold day in December of 1993, Olin went to the Special Offender's Center in Monroe to pick up her husband's check. As …
Washington DOC Pays $80,000 in Guard Slip and Fall by In 1999, the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections paid Joann L. Sprengel and Lew Sprengel (husband and wife) $80,000. On February 14, 1995, Joann Sprengel was leaving to go home from work when she slipped and fell, …
Washington DOC Pays $1,750 in Soapy Shower Slip and Fall by In August of 1993, Greg Irby, a prisoner confined at Cedar Creek in Little Rock, Washington, slipped and fell when trying to take a shower. Irby alleges that the floor of the shower was polished concrete that was covered …
Washington Pays $90,000 in Roof Collapse by On April 29, 1996, Edward A. Swartz, a prisoner confined at Cedar Creek Correctional Center in Little Rock, Washington, fell through a roof while doing construction work. Swartz claims that the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections were negligent in failing …
Washington DOC pays $1,000 to Settle Work Suit by Washington DOC Pays $1,000 to Settle Work Suit In 1994, the State of Washington paid Robert Ryan Schmolke $1,000 to settle a suit. In 1989, Schmolke, a prisoner then confined at Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, Washington, was painting stripes in …
Washington DOC Pays $15,000 for Scaffolding Injury by In 1997, the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections paid Michael W. Petrycki $15,000. Petrycki, a prisoner confined at Airway Heights Corrections Center in Airway Heights, Washington, suffered a head injury as he followed his supervisor to work. On 1994, …
No Compensation Due to Owners on IOLTA Funds' Interest Transfers by In a 5-4 decision, a sharply-divided United States Supreme Court held that transfer of interest on client funds deposited in a pooled "interest on lawyer's trust account" (IOLTA) from the account to a government program that provides legal services …
U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Constitutionality of "Evidentiary Privilege" Rule by U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Constitutionality of "Evidentiary Privilege" Rule The United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a federal statute prohibiting disclosure of certain highway safety documents as evidence in state or federal tort cases. The principal enunciated by …
WA Racial Segregation Suit Settled for $500 and Transfer by A 42 U.S.C §1983 suit filed in the federal Eastern District Washington court by twelve prisoners at the Washington State Prison alleged prison officials were racially biased in making cell assignments. All of the cells were segregated by race; i.e., …
Washington Appeals Court Affirms Right to Witnesses in Pee Shy Disciplinary Case by Washington Appeals Court Affirms Right to Witnesses in Pee Shy Disciplinary Case The Washington Court of Appeals held that a prisoner has the right to call witnesses at a prison disciplinary hearing to over the presumption that …
Washington Gift Publication Ban Unconstitutional by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner may receive books from a publisher and be paid by an outside source. Washington Prisoner Tommie Lee Stewart was refused to possess two books sent directly from the publisher and paid for by his …
SJ for Guard in Prisoner's Rape Suit Improper by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that summary judgment in favor of four prison officials was proper but summary judgment in favor of a guard was not. Plaintiff, a Washington state prisoner who was in protective custody, …
$500 Paid in Refusal to Call Witness in WA DOC Hearing. by Jose Echeverria filed a 42 U.S.C §1983 action in the Eastern District of Washington federal court against officials at the Washington State Penitentiary alleging due process violations. Echeverria was infracted for allegedly participating in a fight between two …
$450 Paid in NY Keeplock Case by $450 Paid in NY Keeplock Case. Ignacio Rosado, a prisoner at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, was placed in keeplock status, which is confinement to a cell 23 hours a day, for 7 days in October 1999. After a guard advised no misbehavior report …
$1000 Paid in WA Loss of Legal Material Case by Prisoner Matthew James Griffin filed a 42 U.S.C §1983 action in the Eastern Washington federal district court alleging that he was transported to the intensive management unit of the Walla Walla prison hospital. When his property was brought to him, …
$750 Paid in Washington Prisoner's Religious Discrimination Suit by In March and April 1999, Kenneth J. Busby, a prisoner at Washington's Airway Heights Correctional Center, worked at the Food Factory at AHCC. Bushy is a faithful practicing Muslim, which requires attendance at a weekly Friday prayer/worship service called Ju'mah. At …
$170.69 Settlement In WA Gift Book Censorship Suit by In 1998 Ricardo Garcia a prisoner at the Airway Heights Correctional Center (AHCC) in Washington, received a mail rejection notice from the AHCC mailroom for two books he had ordered from a vendor. Garcia had sent out a $1.00 money order …
