Skip navigation

Search

180 results
Page 9 of 9. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |

Brief • July 31, 2000
Jama v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Deposition, Immigration Beating, 2000 1 1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - …
Federal Tort Claims Act Suit Limitation Construed in Medical Suit by Affirming the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the United States was entitled to summary judgment under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) in a prisoner's medical …
Trial Required in New Jersey Diabetic Care Suit by Afederal district court denied New Jersey prison authorities their motion for summary judgment against diabetic prisoners' class action suit under 42 USC § 1983. The prisoners' complaint was that the medical care provided by the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center (ADTC) …
Transgender Treatment Questioned by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit issued a ruling that prisoners suffering from gender dysphoria (i.e., transexualism) are not entitled to curative treatment under the eighth amendment. The ruling is extremely unusual in that it comes as an "advisory opinion." A long standing judicial …
Article • May 15, 1998 • from PLN May, 1998
Denial of Counsel Reversed by The court of appeals for the third circuit held that a district court abused its discretion in refusing to appoint counsel to an indigent pro se prisoner litigant. Paul Parham, a Pennsylvania state prisoner, filed suit after receiving inadequate medical treatment for tinnitus (ringing in …
Article • February 15, 1998 • from PLN February, 1998
Iowa Prison Nurse Liable in Birthing by The court of appeals for the eighth circuit held a prison nurse was properly found liable for ignoring a prisoner's complaint that she was in labor. The appeals court affirmed an award of $1,000 in compensatory damages but vacated an award of $3,500 …
Ohio Prison Doctor Liable in Asthma Death by A federal district court in Ohio held that factual disputes required a trial to determine if Ohio DOC medical staff were liable in the death of a prisoner who died from an asthma attack. Ernest Davis was an Ohio state prisoner with …
Failure to Treat Broken Hand States Claim by A federal district court in Illinois held that prison doctors' failure to treat a broken hand for nine days stated an eighth amendment claim and an Illinois state law requiring that an affidavit be filed in medical malpractice cases did not apply …
$1.65 Million Jury Verdict in Cell Assignment Case Affirmed by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit affirmed a jury verdict against prison official defendants finding that they were deliberately indifferent to a prisoner's safety by leaving him in a cell with a mentally ill prisoner who later tried …
Beating Damages Affirmed; PLRA Not Retroactive on Vacated Attorney Fees by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit affirmed a jury verdict awarding damages to two prisoners who were beaten by prison guards and then denied medical care for their injuries for nearly two days. The court held that …
Limited Interlocutory Appeals in Medical Cases by The court of appeals for the eighth circuit held that the law is clearly established that a heart transplant patient is entitled to reasonable medical care. Whether he actually received that care was a factual question it lacked jurisdiction to answer. In 1985 …
Warden Liable for Prison Rape by The court of appeals for the sixth circuit held that supervisory prison officials can held liable under the eighth amendment when they ignore the risk of sexual assault to vulnerable prisoners that are later raped. Timothy Taylor is a Michigan state prisoner who is …
Medical Evidence Required to Win Delay Claim by The court of appeals for the eighth circuit has held that in order to prevail on an eighth amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical needs claim, the prisoner plaintiff must submit verifying medical evidence at the summary judgment stage. Larry Beyerbach, a …
All Writs Act Limited by The seventh circuit court of appeals has given a narrow interpretation to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, by holding that a district court lacked the authority to order the Illinois DOC to transport a prisoner to a medical expert witness's office for …
Article • March 15, 1995 • from PLN March, 1995
Medical Indifference Suit Requires New Trial by William Hathaway is a New York state prisoner. In 1973 he underwent hip fusion surgery and had three metal pins inserted into his left hip joint. He continued to experience pain after the surgery and in 1977 sought medical assistance from Dr. Schlesinger, …
AZ Medical Care Unconstitutional by This lengthy (76 pages) opinion deals with a DOC-wide class action suit filed by Arizona state prisoners challenging the medical and dental care, treatment available for seriously mentally ill prisoners, and unequal medical treatment provided to females compared to that provided male prisoners. District court …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Chicago Police Torture Suspects by [Generally PLN only reports on cases involving prison civil rights issues or the occasional procedural matter affecting pro se litigants. This is a police brutality case which we present more for it's informational value than it's relevance to prison litigation. All too often we hear …
Article • September 15, 1993 • from PLN September, 1993
Exposure to Secondary Smoke Can State Claim by Donald McKinney was a Nevada state prisoner who filed a civil rights complaint against prison officials, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that his involuntary exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) from his cellmate's and other inmates' cigarettes posed an unreasonable …
Section 1988 Attorney Fee Awards Explained by In two cases involving attorney fee awards for class action prison civil rights suits the ninth circuit court of appeals clarified and explained the standards district courts should follow when they award attorney fees to the prevailing party. In Gates prisoners at Vacaville, …
Prisoner Entitled to Receive Medication by Lawrence Hill is an Ohio state prisoner. While in the Cincinnati jail Hill tested positive for tuberculosis and was prescribed medication to prevent it from becoming active and to eradicate it. The medication had to be taken continuously for one year otherwise the bacteria …
Page 9 of 9. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |