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WA Mail Theft Whistleblower's Emotional Distress Award Vacated by A Washington Appeals Court reversed a jury's award of $4,891 for emotional distress in favor of a Washington Department of Correction's employee and dismissed the case. The employee had reported to supervisors that theft of money from prisoner's mail was occurring. …
$27,500 Tort Claim Settlement In Washington Employee Sexual Harassment Suit by In 1999 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a law suit with parole officer, Joanna Prideaux an employee at the Spokane parole office, for $27,500 for sexual harassment and retaliation. In 1998 Prideaux complained of incidents of sexual …
$62,000 Paid in WA DOC Cook's Sexual Harassment Suit by Cheryl J. Danner was employed at the Washington Correction Center as a kitchen employee. For over a year she was subjected to sexually explicit comments, directions, innuendo, and indecent propositions by her supervisor Oliver Coleman. After Danner filed a complaint …
$30,000 Tort Claim Award In Washington Employee Discrimination Suit by In 2000 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a tort claim with Dave P. Rotz a cook at the McNeil Island Correctional Center in Steilacoom for $30,000. In 1996 Rotz was subject to discrimination due to his disability and …
$40,000 Settlement In Washington Employee Wrongful Termination Suit by In 1999 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a law suit with Dorothy Holt and Janet Holt, mother and daughter who were nurses at Washington Corrections Center, for $40,000 for wrongful termination. Plaintiff's brought suit after being terminated for complaining …
Article • May 15, 2007
$45,000 Awarded In Washington Employee Discrimination Suit by In 1994 the Washington State Department of Corrections settled a law suit with Sergeant Lonny Earles for $45,000. In 1985 Earles was working at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, he filed a grievance against Lieutenant Grandemontagne for threatening to pull him …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington State Prison Nurse's Wrongful Termination Claim Survives Summary Judgment by Washington State Prison Nurse's Wrongful Termination Claim Survives Summary Judgment Licensed Practical Nurse Jayne Morse filed a state court civil rights action against Washington State prison personnel alleging retaliatory discharge in violation of the First Amendment and wrongful termination …
$175,000 Paid in WA Guard's Second Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit by Madge Wheelock, a Sergeant at Monroe Command for the Washington Department of Corrections, was subjected to continued sexual harassment and retaliation, which occurred after she received a judgment under Snohomish County Case No. 85-2-04790-5 in the amount of …
$35,000 Award In Indiana Prison Guard Gender Discrimination Suit by On April 18, 2002 an Indiana federal jury awarded Johnana Horn, a prison lieutenant at the Wabash Valley Prison, a $35,000 verdict for gender discrimination by her employer the Department Of Corrections (DOC). In 1998 Horn was working the night …
$1,000 Paid in WA DOC Employee's Discrimination Suit by Saiyed I. Hasan, an employee at Washington Corrections Center, filed suit is State Court alleging he was the victim of harassment, discrimination, and false reports. The complaint does not detail the facts, which occurred in 1993. The suit was filed in …
Former PHS Employee Awarded $200,000 for Retaliation, Age Discrimination by On August 16, 2001, a Maine jury awarded $200,000 to a registered nurse who claimed she was fired by Prison Health Services (PHS) for voicing concerns about the quality of care being provided to juvenile prisoners and because of her …
$106,500 Awarded to Whistle Blowing FL Jail Nurse by A jury in Palm Beach County, Florida, entered a verdict in favor of Angela Wilson, who claimed that she was fired as an employee of the Palm Beach County Health Department for revealing illegal activities at her job. Wilson, who was …
Investigators Retaliation Claim Set for Trial by The plaintiff, an internal affairs investigator, received information that excessive force had been used by staff during a riot. His superiors complained about his report and told him to revise it. He revised it twice at their behest. Subsequently, he said, he was …
County and Private Health Company Liable for Retaliatory Firings by The plaintiffs, registered nurses allegedly fired from their jobs at the county jail for criticizing the county's department of mental health, stated a First Amendment claim against various defendants. There is a question of fact whether the private medical provider …
Kansas Jail Retaliates Against Nurse Whistleblower by The plaintiff, a jail nurse, filed a complaint with the state Nurses Association about what she believed to be violations of acceptable nursing practice, and was fired. The violations included crushing medication before dispensing it without any governing protocol, inadequate nurse staffing, giving …
False Charges against Staff Not Unconstitutional by Correction officers subjected to allegedly unfounded disciplinary prosecutions could not bring a § 1983 suit for malicious prosecution. Even though New York State recognizes the tort of malicious prosecution based on administrative proceedings, the Supreme Court plurality said in Albright v. Oliver that …
Article • May 15, 2007
Indiana Guard States Retaliation Claim by The district court should not have dismissed a correction officer's claim that after she voiced concern to a higher-level supervisor about a new policy not to search state vehicles entering the prison, and reported her observation of two staff members transferring material from private …
Title VII Claim Against NY Jail by Employee Proceeds by The plaintiff correctional employee alleged discrimination based on national origin and retaliation for defending himself against discrimination charges in a Title VII administrative complaint, but in the subsequent lawsuit asserted a claim of racial discrimination. The plaintiff may pursue the …
Pennsylvania Parole Whistleblower Suit Dismissed by Speech concerning racial discrimination in parole determinations is a matter of public concern, since it implicates the process of effective self-governance and equal protection under the law." (397) However, the plaintiff staff member's interest in distributing inmate psychological records in an effort to reveal …
City Liable for Retaliation Against Cop Whistleblower and Code of Silence by The plaintiff police officer reported misconduct by other officers that resulted in their suspension. At 943: "Blair had the right under the First Amendment to inform his superiors of misconduct in the police department." He was then subjected …
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