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Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Sixth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Dentist Who Failed to Provide Temporary Filling by Genuine issues of material fact precluded granting summary judgment to a prison dentist accused of providing deliberately indifferent dental treatment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found. Gregory T. McCarthy, while incarcerated at …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
“Grill” Removal Results in $95,000 Settlement by Tennessee Jail by A Tennessee man whose “grill” was ripped off by a sheriff’s deputy has received a $95,000 pre-litigation settlement. While Anthony McCoy was being processed into the Davidson County Jail for failing to pay child support, McCoy had his gold “grill” …
Munson v. Kimble, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2010 Case 3:10-cv-00051-MJR-SCW Document 21 Filed 11/08/10 Page 1 of 6 Page ID #162 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JAMES MUNSON, Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL KIMBLE, D.M.D., SERVE: 101 S. 2ih Street Mount Vernon, IL 62864 Defendant. …
Brief • October 28, 2010
Riker v. Gibbons, NV, Order Approving Settlement, Medical Conditions, 2010 Case 3:08-cv-00115-LRH-VPC Document 174 Filed 10/28/10 Page 1 of 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 8 9 DAVID RIKER, et al., 10 Plaintiffs, 11 vs. 12 JAMES GIBBONS, et al., 13 …
$35,000 Settlement in Indiana Jail Failure to Protect and Medical Care Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter & Mark Wilson Indiana’s Marion County Jail (MCJ) has paid $35,000 to settle a federal civil rights complaint that alleged deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s safety and serious medical needs. The …
14 Years of Litigation Fails to Remedy Deficient Jail Medical Care; Herrera Saga Continues in Washington State by by Mark Wilson In 1996, Tacoma, Washington officials settled a class-action federal lawsuit over unconstitutional conditions and insufficient health care at the Pierce County Jail (PCJ). Fourteen years later, however, prisoners continue …
Farmer v. Miles, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2010 Case: 1:10-cv-05055 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/11/10 Page 1 of 3 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Darryl Farmer, Plaintiff, ­vs­ Dr. Gwendolyn Miles and Dr. Thomas, Defendants. ) ) ) ) …
Article • July 15, 2010
Injuries Sustained From Glass in Food Net D.C. Prisoner $2,000 by On April 28, 2003, Davont Pindle settled his negligence claim against Aramark Corporation and the District of Columbia for $2,000. Pindle claimed that on June 5, 2000, while eating in the dining hall at the Lorton Maximum Security Prison, …
Article • July 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Who Suffered Allergic Reaction by On February 15, 2006, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who was knowingly exposed to a substance he was allergic to during a dental exam. On April 20, 2005, Douglas …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
California: Prison Appeals Coordinator Who Rejected Dental Complaints Held Liable for $1,500 in Damages by Proceeding pro se, California prisoner Earnest C. Woods II survived a summary judgment motion and was awarded $500 in compensatory damages and $1,000 in punitive damages after a jury found that CSP-Solano Appeals Coordinator Santos …
Smentek v. Cook County, IL, Second Amended Complaint - Inmate Dental Care (2010) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION John Smentek, Malcolm Patton, Melvin Phillips, Rodell Sanders and Frank Powicki, individually and for all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, -vsSheriff of Cook County …
Article • May 15, 2010
Pierce County, Washington Pays $6,250 Settlement for Negligence of Dental Care by Washington State’s Pierce County paid $6,250 to settle a prisoner’s claim for neglectful dental care. Steven Michaelson was a prisoner in the Pierce County Jail when he lost a filling in a molar. He filed a “kite” on …
Massachusetts Court of Appeals Reinstates Prisoner’s Dental Negligence Suit by Andrew W. Kilburn, a Massachusetts state prisoner, filed suit in state superior court alleging negligence and violation of the Eighth Amendment by Department of Correction (DOC) officials and medical personnel employed by Correctional Medical Services (CMS) and University of Massachusetts …
Conditions on Federal Death Row “Horrendous,” ACLU Finds by Brandon Sample The conditions of confinement on federal death row fall below minimum constitutional standards and jeopardize the lives and safety of condemned prisoners, according to an investigation by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The results of the ACLU’s investigation …
Wojtaszek v. Litherland, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2009 Case 3:08-cv-00317-JPG-PMF Document 34 Filed 04/15/09 Page 1 of 20 Page ID #163 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EAST ST. LOUIS DIVISION MATTHEW WOJTASZEK, #K63527, Plaintiff, v. DR. LITHERLAND (DENTIST), MS. CORRELL (DENTAL ASST.), PAMELA …
Teeth Extraction Policy for CA Women Prisoners Rescinded by John Dannenberg Teeth Extraction Policy for CA Women Prisoners Rescinded by John E. Dannenberg As part of a bizarre medical policy, the California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has for years imposed a rule that requires women prisoners who apply …
Article • August 15, 2008
Drilling Teeth Without Anesthesia and Denial of Lower Bunk Upheld by The plaintiff alleged that the defendant forced him to take an upper bunk despite his visual impairment and made him stay there after he got a medical direction to take a bottom bunk; a month and a half later …
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Medical, Dental Care
Arizona Prisoner Wins $100,000 for Neglected Dental Needs by Danny Thompson, an Arizona state prisoner, had to pull 5 of his own teeth because Department of Corrections (DOC) dentists wouldn't treat him. He sued in state court where the jury, in 1993, awarded him $100,000 to be split between 3 …
Sandin Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainees by Procedural Due Process--Disciplinary Proceedings (920): Sandin does not apply to detainees, who are entitled to procedural due process in disciplinary proceedings. Here there was some evidence because staff said the plaintiff had confessed. Procedural Due Process--Administrative Segregation (921): Placement of an escape risk in …
Littles v. CCA, TN, Complaint, transport dental injury, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0067 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0068 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0069 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0070
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