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Jailed North Carolina Teenager Commits Suicide; $650,000 Wrongful Death Settlement

Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death, Suicides

Uniece’s estate. The parties reached a settlement that was formalized with a complaint and settlement agreement filed in federal court. The settlement terms included the removal of all suicide ...

Denver, Colorado Pays $30,000 Settlement Over a $50 Bond Fee

Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Bond Fees, Bail Bonds

Denver, Colorado Pays $30,000 Settlement Over a $50 Bond Fee by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Denver, Colorado resident Mickey Howard, often homeless and unemployed, was arrested on June 9 ...

$1.6 Million Awarded to California Family After Man Dies in County Jail

Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Settlements, Wrongful Death

County jail officials had been sued over inadequate medical and mental health care in other cases. In a 2018 settlement, for example, the county paid $2.85 million to the family of Sandra Vela, who ...

Cook County to Pay Over $5 Million for Depriving Prisoners of Dental Care

Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: Dental Care, Settlements

class-action complaint, filed in 2009, described prisoners repeatedly requesting dental treatment because they were experiencing severe tooth pain, bleeding gums and lost fillings. They were denied care ...

New Jersey County Pays $1,975,000 to Settle Suit Over Unlawful Strip Searches

Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: Strip Searches, Settlements

of $10,000 each was awarded from the settlement fund to class representatives Richard Wright and April Wedding. Another named plaintiff, Edward Bizarro, died before the settlement was reached. Ocean County ...

Georgia Prisoner Left in Vegetative State; Lawsuit Settles for $1,500,000

Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat, Settlements

; in July 2018 for $1,500,000, which was the largest settlement in a prison lawsuit in that state in over a decade. Of the settlement amount, $675,000 went to attorney fees and $21,029 to costs. See:&nbsp ...

Prisoner Enters Federal System Able to See, Leaves Nearly Blind; $2.6 Million Settlement

Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Blind Prisoners, Medical, ENT, Failure to Treat, Settlements

Prisoner Enters Federal System Able to See, Leaves Nearly Blind; $2.6 Million Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Vannara Nhar, 22, was sentenced to a term in federal prison ...

California: Placer County to Pay up to $1.44 Million to Settle Class Action Suit for Jail Beatings

Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

previously settled six suits and a claim arising from similar allegations for a total of $1.25 million. The settlement agreement requires notification of potential class members who were in the jails from ...

Ohio County Pays $115,000 to Settle Second Suit Over Restraint Chair Pepper-Spraying

Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Settlements

Wade was on the floor, Eversole put his knee on the middle of his back. Wade asked why they were doing this as he was not resisting. According to his subsequent complaint, Wade was taken ...

Los Angeles County to Pay Almost $4 Million for Sexual Abuse by Jail Deputy

Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

reporting the incident, she was removed from her cell and prevented from interacting with other prisoners. Matthews and Lampert filed a joint complaint raising 16 causes of action, including that LACSD ...

$625,000 Settlement for Virginia Jail Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Ulcer

Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Medical, Misdiagnosis, Settlements, Wrongful Death

$625,000 Settlement for Virginia Jail Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Ulcer by A $625,000 settlement was reached in the death of a pretrial detainee due to an untreated, ruptured ulcer ...

$525,000 Settlement for Loss of Federal Prisoner’s Eye

Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Medical, ENT, Settlements

$525,000 Settlement for Loss of Federal Prisoner’s Eye by In August 2018, a former prisoner at USP Lewisburg accepted a $525,000 settlement to resolve a civil rights action alleging guards ...

Beating of Michigan Jail Prisoner Results in $36.6 Million Verdict,$12.9 Million Settlement

Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

Beating of Michigan Jail Prisoner Results in $36.6 Million Verdict,$12.9 Million Settlement by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In 2010, William Jennings was booked into Michigan’s Genesee ...

Sutherland v. City of Manteca, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2019

Brief • April 22, 2019

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Settlements, Wrongful Death

Sutherland v. City of Manteca, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2019 ...

Kentucky Prison Guards Settle Sexual Harassment Suit for $1.5 Million