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Article • June 14, 2017
Florida Supreme Court Reinstates $3.3 Million Verdict against Bank for Falsely Accusing Customer of Being Bank Robber by On June 2, 2016, the Florida Supreme Court reversed an appellate court's ruling which had vacated a $3.3 million verdict in favor of a man who was arrested and injured by a …
Article • June 14, 2017
Fifth Circuit Denied Claim of Immunity by Sheriff's Deputy, Rejects His Appeal in Fourth Amendment False Arrest Lawsuit by On September 14, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the appeal of a Hunt County, Texas, sheriff's deputy who claimed the lawsuit against him for …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Three-day Denial of Pain Medication Sufficient to Overcome Claim of Qualified Immunity, Eighth Circuit Rules by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On June 30, 2016, the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court’s order granting qualified immunity to jail officials in a case where a prisoner was repeatedly denied pain medication …
Kindoll v. Southern Health Partners Inc., et al., KY, medical malpractice, 2017 Case: 2:17-cv-00084-DLB-CJS Doc #: 1 Filed: 05/12/17 Page: 1 of 13 - Page ID#: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY NORTHERN DIVISION AT COVINGTON MICHELLE KINDOLL c/o Gerhardstein & Branch Co. LPA 441 …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Vicarious Liability Not Available in Medical Malpractice Claim by NY Prisoner by Last year, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division held the state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) could not be found vicariously liable for the actions of contract physicians. Steven Garofolo filed a medical malpractice claim …
California Sheriff’s Largest Campaign Donors include Corizon and Aramark by Greg Dober by Greg Dober  In Alameda County, California, Corizon Correctional Healthcare is facing questions regarding campaign contributions to County Sheriff Greg Ahern.  While investigating two inmate deaths at Santa Rita jail, in Alameda County, television station, KTVU-2 uncovered public …
Ryan v. County of Nassau, NY, Verdict, PTSD Suicide, 2017 Case 2:12-cv-05343-JS-SIL Document 108 Filed 04/12/17 Page 1 of 11 PageID #: 3552 ~ILED IN Olli K1 ·- ·:: COURT EXHIBIT ;J/LllJIJ 0 /L * u.s. o1~rR1e~ ci~~i~o.N.Y. APR 12 2017 * -------'--'--dk. ~ ~-_121-1~3 =----- ~-----k?----=----~-_yf ?J2iji!tA1;f:~ - -----------t+--------------····------ …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Ninth Circuit: “Debatable” Constitutionality Requires Qualified Immunity by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity for refusing to surgically repair a prisoner’s umbilical hernia because it was “debatable” whether they had complied with the Eighth Amendment. Washington state prisoner Fleet Hamby suffered …
Hensley v. Price, NC, Opinion, Police Excessive Deadly Force, Unreasonable Seizure, 2017 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-1294 TERESA ANN HENSLEY, as relator on behalf of the State of North Carolina, and as Administrator of the Estate of David Lee Hensley; H.H., a minor, …
Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Minnesota Prisoner Medical Deliberate Indifference Lawsuit by On November 24, 2014, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a ruling that affirmed a district court order granting summary judgment to Olmstead County, Minnesota defendants in a lawsuit in which the family of a deceased …
Article • March 14, 2017
Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Immunity to Prison Guard Sued for Calling Prisoner a "Snitch" by On December 16, 2014, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a federal district court judge in Alabama correctly denied a motion for summary judgment to a state prison lieutenant who was …
Tenth Circuit Reverses Qualified Immunity for Prisoner’s Rape, Affirms for One Jailer by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed the interlocutory appeal of a sheriff and jailer who were denied qualified immunity for the rape of a mentally ill female prisoner. It also reversed the denial …
‘We Felt We Weren’t Qualified To Be Making These Decisions’ by A former corrections officer talks about her frustration with the lack of mental health care in jails. By Jacquie Lee, The Huffington Post Melanie Bailey, 44, was a corrections officer at Lancaster County Correctional Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, until …
‘People Who Work In The System Become Desensitized To How Brutal It Is To Cage Someone’ by Alec Karakatsanis of Equal Justice Under Law explains how even a few days in jail can throw a life “into disarray.” By Ryan J. Reilly, The Huffington Post Alec Karakatsanis is the co-founder …
‘She Was Afraid To Go Back To Jail’ by By Liz Adetiba, The Huffington Post Athena Covarrubias, 40, was arrested in August 2015 on a drug charge and three bond forfeiture warrants. She was taken to Texas’ Travis County Jail, where she hanged herself 12 days later. Her cousin, Kelly …
Texas’ Largest Jail Hasn’t Learned Much From Sandra Bland’s Death by Poor and frightened people are still dying in this understaffed facility. By Ryan J. Reilly & Dana Liebelson, The Huffington Post Harris County Jail, which serves the Houston area, is one of the largest jails in the country. Like …
At Virginia's Supermax Prisons, Isolation and Abuse Persist Despite Reforms by By Katie Rose Quandt and Jack Denton, Solitary Watch Red Onion State Prison, a supermax complex in the southwest corner of Virginia near the Kentucky border, has long had a reputation as one of the harshest prisons in the nation. …
No place to be sick: When jail cell becomes a death chamber by Olympia makes no effort to regulate Washington’s jails, the state’s psychiatric hospitals of last resort By Levi Pulkkinen, SeattlePI.com Jimi Johnson, bottom, was 27 when he killed himself at Mason County Jail on April 23, 2013. Two …
Alaska Prisoner Deaths Criticized in Report by The deaths of four Alaska prisoners has placed a focus on that state’s prison system.  The handling of the deaths and a lack of training was criticized in a report that preceded the replacement of corrections commissioner. Gov. Bill Walker called the report’s …
Wade v. Eversole, et al., OH, Complaint, Pepper Spray, Restraints, Assault on Prisoner, 2017 Case: 3:17-cv-00051-TMR Doc #: 1 Filed: 02/14/17 Page: 1 of 16 PAGEID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRCIT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION AT DAYTON CHARLES WADE 206 Clover Leaf Circle Englewood, Ohio 45322 * …
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