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$1 Million Paid by Cuyahoga County for Detainee’s Preventable Suicide in Cleveland Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On December 1, 2025, the Chief Executive of Ohio’s Cuyahoga County put the last signature on a resolution authorizing a $1 million payout to settle claims filed by the estate of …
$1.5 Million Class-Action Settlement Reached in Texas Jail Over-Detention Case by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman When Ladarion Hughes struck a plea deal and was sentenced to time served in December 2021, he had been held over two years since his July 2019 arrest, mostly in Texas’ Smith County Jail, …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
$300,000 Class-Action Settlement at California Jail Includes Policy Changes; Agreements with Aramark and Wellpath Reached Confidentially by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On February 10, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted approval to a settlement resolving claims against Alameda County for unconstitutional conditions of …
Ninth Circuit Affirms $3.84 Million Jury Verdict in Death of San Bernardino Jail Detainee from Acute Alcohol Withdrawal by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford On December 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a $3,840,000 jury verdict for the Estate of a San Bernardino County …
Jury Awards Over $9.5 Million for Oklahoma Jail Death by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On January 9, 2026, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma made a massive $9,544,375 award to the Estate of Jennifer Crowell, agreeing that her 2020 death was the …
$2 Million Settlement Reached for 12-Year-Old’s Gang Rape in Detroit Juvenile Detention Center by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On September 26, 2025, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Wayne County agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims brought by the mother of a former …
Sixth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Failure to Properly Classify Violent Prisoners at Kentucky Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 17, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reinstated a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the guardian of a man who was severely …
$3.3 Million Verdict for Detainee’s Fatal Fentanyl Overdose in Southern California Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On September 23, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered final judgment that sustained a $3.3 million verdict for Jay Campos, whose son, Joshua, died of a …
$450,000 Paid by Missouri County for Jail Detainee’s Death After 11 Days Without Medical Attention by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Relatives of a Missouri jail detainee who became nonverbal and fatally ill—while fellow detainees pleaded in vain with jailers to get him medical help—accepted a $450,000 settlement of their …
Ninth Circuit Hands Partial Victory to NaphCare, Remanding Much of $27 Million Jury Verdict in Washington Jail Death Case by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a $24 million punitive damages award against NaphCare for a Washington …
$200,000 for Detainee Thrown in “Rollover” Solitary Without Food or Water at Minnesota Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Ramsey Kettle, now 34, is a member of the White Earth Nation with a diagnosed serious mental illness (SMI). Yet when he arrived at Minnesota’s Otter Tail County Jail in …
Nearly $528,000 Paid by Kansas Jail to Detainees Raped by Guards by Chuck Sharman   by Chuck Sharman   Two suits filed by victims of guard rapes at Kansas’ Sedgwick County Adult Detention Center were concluded in April 2025, with three women taking $527,979.50 from Sheriff Jeff Easter for the …
$4 Million Verdict Returned in Colorado Jail Suicide Case by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado returned a verdict on April 9, 2025, awarding $4 million to the Estate of Jackson Maes, a detainee whose cries for help allegedly …
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Order Denying Mtn for Judgment as Matter of Law, Wrongful Death, 2024 Case 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Document 186 Filed 06/11/24 Page 1 of 3 Page ID #:3641 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL Case No. 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Title Frances Enyart …
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Jury Instructions, Wrongful Death, 2024 Case 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Document 180 Filed 05/24/24 Page 1 of 25 Page ID #:3163 FILED 1 CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COL"RT 2 I 3 5/24/2024 0:1'- fRA I, l)ISTRICT BY: I or C,\LffORNIA JRE OEPlffY 4 5 6 UNITED STATES …
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Verdict Form, Wrongful Death, 2024 Case 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Document 182 Filed 05/28/24 Page 1 of 5 Page ID #:3189 FILED 1 CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COL"RT I 2 5/24/2024 I 0:1'- fRA I, DISTRICT OF C,\LffORNIA 3 BY: JRE OEPlffY REDACTED 4 5 UNITED STATES …
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Summary Judgment Order, Wrongful Death, 2024 Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino United States District Court for the Central District of California April 22, 2024, Decided; April 22, 2024, Filed 5:23-cv-00540-RGK-SHK Reporter 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74108 * Frances Enyart et al. v. …
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 5:23-cv-00540 Document 1 Filed 03/27/23 Page 1 of 36 Page ID #:1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Danielle R. Pena, Esq., SBN 286002 dpena@PHGLawGroup.com PHG Law Group 501 West Broadway, …