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Donelson v. Shearing, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT The undersigned, Charles Donelson, a person being of lawful age for the sole consideration of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) and other tenns specified herein to the undersigned in hand paid, receipt of which is hereby …
Article • June 11, 2019
Civil Rights Attorney Sues to Collect Fees by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Emily Posner is a Louisiana attorney representing state prisoner Kenneth Idel in a federal civil rights lawsuit. Idel alleges that prison guard Richard Pope broke and caused permanent damage to his jaw when Pope kneed the back …
Ashker, et al. v. Brown, et al., CA, amici curiae, former corrections officials in support of affirmance, uphold out-of-cell time, solitary confinement overused, 2019 Case: 18-16427, 06/07/2019, ID: 11323619, DktEntry: 48, Page 1 of 47 No. 18-16427 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT TODD ASHKER, …
Wells v. Cascade County, MT, Demand Letter, Wrongful Death, 2019 2702 Montana Ave., Suite 201B P.O. Box 2359 Billings, MT 59103 Phone: (406) 969-3100 Email: colin@gerstnerlawoffice.com June 7, 2019 SENT VIA EMAIL Tanis Holm Counsel for Planned Parenthood of Montana THolm@yellowstonelaw.com Carrie Ann Haight Cascade County Attorney’s Office chaight@cascadecountymt.gov William …
Ceraulo v. Zaruba, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Drug Withdrawal, 2019 UNITEDSTATESDISI'RICTCOURT FOR THE NORTHERNDISTRICTOF ILLINOIS EASTERNDMSION TOTIJCCIOCBRAULOandDIANALAW as co-SpecialAdministratoaof the Estateof SEBASTIANO CBRAULO, deceased. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, vs. 16CV 1848 Judge.Aspen DUPAGBCOUNTYSHERIFFJOHNZARUBA, ) In his officialcapacity,and OFPICERRAPP, ) DEPUTYcurrs, MSUDEOUZMAN, ) OFFICP.RK. …
Modern-Day Gulag In the Golden State by Barbara Koeppel by Barbara Koeppel, The Washington Spectator, June 4, 2019 Back in 1997, the Supreme Court ruled that the practice known as civil commitment was legal. This meant that 20 states—which had passed laws permitting the ongoing incarceration of sex offenders—could continue …
Washington v. City of New York, NY, Second Amended Complaint, Inmate Abuse, 2019 Case 1:18-cv-12306-CM Document 112 Filed 06/06/19 Page 1 of 103 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DAVON WASHINGTON, PARIIS TILLERY, JOHN DOE, and STEVEN ESPINAL, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Eighth Circuit Holds Guards Not Liable for Disregarding Prisoner’s Stroke Symptoms by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held on March 7, 2019 that prison guards could not be held liable for failing to act on a prisoner’s self-reported symptoms that medical staff had incorrectly …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Over $980,000 in Damages, Fees Awarded in Deliberate Indifference Case Against Wexford by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Private prison medical care firm Wexford Health Sources, Inc. filed a motion in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, asking for judgment as a matter of law …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
$115,000 Settlement after Nebraska Prison Nurses Ignore Prisoner Suffering Heart Attack by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In mid-August 2015, diabetic Nebraska prisoner Aron Lee Boyd­-Nicholson was washing clothes in his cell when he began experiencing classic heart attack symptoms – including chest pain, dizziness and weakness – before he …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Study Shows Care for HIV-Positive Prisoners Poor after Release, Worse for Those Re-Incarcerated by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A study published by the Public Library of Science on October 18, 2018 found that prisoners with HIV tend not to retain their level of care after being released, and that …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Second Circuit Reinstates Prisoner’s Lawsuit Dismissed for Failure to Comply with F.R.C.P. by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 15, 2019, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a prisoner’s pro se lawsuit that had been dismissed for failure to comply with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 8 and …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Hepatitis
Prisoners Seek Comprehensive Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In December 2018, the U.S. District Court for South Carolina granted class-action status in a lawsuit filed against the Department of Corrections (DOC) by state prisoners claiming they received inadequate medical care due to …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
$1.6 Million Awarded to California Family After Man Dies in County Jail by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On February 15, 2019, a federal jury ruled that Mark Pajas, Sr. should not have died at a jail in Monterey County, California, prompting an award of $1.6 million to his family …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Corizon Settles Lawsuit Over Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Death for $3.7 Million; County Pays Another $200,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A lawsuit over the 2015 death of Adams County, Colorado jail detainee Tyler Tabor was secretly settled for $3.9 million in August 2018. The settlement only became public after …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Dental Care, Settlements
Cook County to Pay Over $5 Million for Depriving Prisoners of Dental Care by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In May 2018, commissioners in Cook County, Illinois agreed to establish a $5,263,000 fund to settle four lawsuits, including one certified as a class-action, alleging a complete denial of dental treatment …
Lawsuit Against New York Jail, CCS Survives Motion to Dismiss by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal civil rights complaint brought by the estate of deceased Monroe County, New York pre-trial detainee Pedro Sanchez, Jr. has survived a motion to dismiss filed by the county jail’s medical provider, Correct …
Gonzalez v. Ford County, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2019
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Georgia Prisoner Left in Vegetative State; Lawsuit Settles for $1,500,000 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In March 2014, Mollianne Fischer’s term of probation for misusing a credit card was revoked and she began serving a two-year sentence at Arrendale State Prison. She appeared to be in good health at …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
People with Traumatic Brain Injuries More Likely to Commit Crimes by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon After Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher murdered his girlfriend and then killed himself in 2012, an autopsy revealed he suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a disease caused by blunt head trauma during …
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