by Dale Chappell
Sussex County, New Jersey, has agreed to pay a former prisoner $150,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging guards at the Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility (KDCF) – the county’s jail – put a “hit” on him and had him beaten.
After Robert Woodruff was convicted of burglary and sentenced, …
Loaded on
July 6, 2018
published in Verdict1
July, 2018, page 50
A North Carolina man who served 37 years for a double homicide he did not commit has received a $4 million settlement from the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) in a federal lawsuit.
Joseph Sledge, Jr. became a suspect in the September 5, 1976 murder of Josephine Davis, 74, and …
by Christopher Zoukis
A federal lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died after a violent cell extraction at the Midland County jail in Michigan has settled for $500,000. The Midland Daily News reported the settlement was reached following mediation.
Jack Brian Marden was arrested on February 4, …
by Matthew Clarke
In June 2017, the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) paid $93,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the parents and wife of a mentally-ill prisoner who committed suicide after his psychiatric needs were ignored by DOC staff.
John William Morse IV, 27, was a Nevada state prisoner …
by Matt Clarke
In October 2017, a $9 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit brought by an Illinois man who spent 15 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. The suit alleged law enforcement officials fabricated a false murder scenario, coerced false confessions and witness statements, and …
Loaded on
July 5, 2018
published in Verdict1
July, 2018, page 48
A North Carolina man who served over 25 years in prison before being exonerated for the rape of an elderly woman has received a $9.5 million settlement.
Timothy Scott Bridges was 23 years old when he was arrested by the Charlotte Police Department for the May 1989 rape of an …
by Christopher Zoukis
Tunisia Ivory, a female prisoner at Riverhead Correctional Facility in Suffolk County, New York, received $50,000 in a settlement with the county over allegations that she was inappropriately touched on multiple occasions by a medical assistant, and that this assistant was allowed to continue in his position …
by Christopher Zoukis
Harold Hill, who was coerced into confessing to a rape and murder, and freed from prison when DNA evidence exonerated him nearly 13 years later, settled with the Chicago Police Department for $1,250,000. Attorney's fees accounted for $750,000 of the settlement amount.
In March 1992, Hill, who …
by Christopher Zoukis
The city of San Bernardino, California, along with two of its police officers who shot and killed Jerriel Dashawn Allen, agreed to a settlement of $575,000 with Allen's family, which included his parents and two minor children.
On April 14, 2007, San Bernardino Police Officers Adam …
by Matt Clarke
The family of a prisoner who died at a Richland Heights, Missouri jail after untreated deep vein thrombosis caused a fatal pulmonary embolism has settled a lawsuit brought against the jail, two hospitals and hospital employees. The settlement was confidential but the city’s portion was released as …