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New York Prisoner Awarded $295,000 For Knee, Ankle Injury by On July 29, 1999, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $295,000 to a prisoner who suffered knee and ankle injuries when a stack of cartons containing frozen meat fell on her. New York state prisoner Karen …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York Prisoner Awarded $125,000 for Slip and Fall Injury by In February 1998, a New York City prisoner was awarded $125,000 for injuries sustained when she slipped while descending wet stairs at the City's jail. The 31-year-old plaintiff claimed in her lawsuit, filed in Bronx County, that the City …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York Prisoner Injured On Fence Awarded $15,000 by In February 1998, a New York court of claims awarded $15,000 to a state prisoner who cut his arm on a chain link fence. The 34-year-old plaintiff claimed that in August 1998, while playing softball on the prison recreation yard, he …
Article • May 15, 2007
Pennsylvania Prisoner Awarded $5,000 for Crushed Finger by In January 1998, a Pennsylvania prisoner was awarded $5,000 in arbitration against the City of Philadelphia. The plaintiff alleged the bone in his left finger was crushed in February 1996 when the bed in his cell tipped over. The plaintiff sued in …
$1,226,625 Verdict in Wrongful Death of Prisoner on Jail Outing by While participating in an outing of a state sponsored pretrial detention program, the 21-year-old decedent prisoner in this case decided to swim in a reservoir owned by Connecticut's City of Waterbury. The reservoir was off limits to the public, …
New York Prisoner Awarded $350,000 For Work-Related Fractures by In February 1998, a New York court of claims awarded $350,000 to a prisoner who suffered heel and elbow fractures when he fell from the roof of a state prison. The award was reduced to $140,000, however, after the judge determined …
Article • May 15, 2007
States Duty To Protect Prisoners Is Limited To Reasonably Foreseeable Risks by Suffering from seizures, former New York State prisoner Wesley Levin appealed a Court of Claims' dismissal for damages because of injuries sustained after falling twice from his top bunk. The second fall occurred three days after Doctor Francois …
Article • May 15, 2007
$35,000 Verdict in District of Columbia Slip and Fall by As District of Columbia Lorton Correctional Facility prisoner Kevin Allan was exiting a prison van, he requested assistance to step on the milk crate used as a step. Despite being in leg irons, handcuffs, and a waist restraint, guards told …
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 …
Prisoner's Out-of-Time Medical Neglect Lawsuit Allowed to Proceed by A U.S. District Court denied a county's motion to dismiss a prisoner's medical neglect claims and granted relief to the prisoner under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) by reinstating an action that earlier had been dismissed without prejudice. In August …
Article • May 15, 2007
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 …
Article • May 15, 2007
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, …
Article • May 15, 2007
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 …
Article • May 15, 2007
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, …
$600 Awarded in MO Detainee's Illegal Segregation Claim by A Missouri Federal District Court, in a bench trial, held officials at the Medium Security Institution of the City of St. Louis violated a pre-trial detainee's due process rights by their custom of not distinguishing between pre-trial detainees and convicted prisoners. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Florida: County Prisoner Slipped On Wet Floor, Awarded $6,000 by On August 18, 1994, a former prisoner in Florida's Escambia County Jail was awarded $6,000 for injuries she sustained when she slipped and fell on the wet floor in a holding area. Plaintiff, Sandra James, a prisoner in the jail's …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York: State Liable For Damages In Prisoner's Fall by On June 6, 2003, the Court of Claims, Rochester, held that the State of New York was liable for injuries a prisoner sustained when he slipped and fell in water that leaked onto his cell floor from the shower. Gary …
California: Guard Hit by Contractor Awarded $405,242 for Knee Injury by On December 22, 2000, a California superior court awarded a prison guard $405,242 for a knee injury he sustained when he was hit by a prison contractor's vehicle. On February 4, 1999, plaintiff Steven Churchill was working as a …
Article • May 15, 2007
$200 Awarded New York Prisoner for Fan Injury by A New York Court of Claims has awarded prisoner Tyrone Marsh $200 for injuries incurred after a fan from his cell fell and hit him in the head. While in his cell at Green Haven Correctional Facility on August 20, 2002, …
Article • May 15, 2007
$10,750 Paid In WA Visitor's Slip and Fall by Michelle Cooper was visiting her husband, David B. Cooper, at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center when she slipped and fell on an improperly maintained moist floor caused by a leaky plumbing apparatus. David and Michelle filed a negligence suit in Clallam …
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