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Suit Over Rape of Prisoner By TDCJ Employee Settled for $118,318.56 and Beach Property

Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Misconduct/Corruption, DOC/BOP misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Damages, Settlements

. One of them told Essary that he had received several complaints from other prisoners regarding Chaney’s sexually predatory behavior. Barrett was summoned. Essary told Barrett of the threats and sexual ...

Texas' Historic Ruiz Lawsuit Settled

Article • February 15, 2003 • from PLN February, 2003

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

that they agreed to the settlement, lawyers for the plaintiff class of Texas state prisoners were prepared to file another round of litigation to address the remaining prison conditions problems involving TDCJ's ...

Sanction for Lawyers' Exposing Secret Wackenhut Sexual Abuse Settlement Upheld

Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Misconduct, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Sanctions

Sanction for Lawyers' Exposing Secret Wackenhut Sexual Abuse Settlement Upheld by by Matthew T. Clarke The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the district court's sanctions ...

$100,000 Settlement in TX Restraint Chair/Pepper Spray Death

Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000

Filed under: Private Contractors, Excessive Force, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Damages, Settlements, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability, Wrongful Death

$100,000 Settlement in TX Restraint Chair/Pepper Spray Death by On February 22, 2000, Tarrant County, Texas agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to the estate of James Livingston, 30 ...

$4.1 Million Award In Suit Over Sexual Assault of Prisoners by Official

Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Misconduct/Corruption, Parole Board Misconduct, Damages, Settlements, Parole

on 11th Amendment grounds. During trial, Musser settled with the plaintiffs for $95,000. A directed verdict was granted to the prison warden, assistant warden and captain, leaving only Taylor as a defendant ...

Texas Settles with Hanged Prisoner's Family

Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Damages, Settlements, Supervisory Liability, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides, Protective Custody

Texas Settles with Hanged Prisoner's Family by The state of Texas agreed in June 1999 to pay $215,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of Rodney Hulin, a 17-year-old Texas state prisoner who was found hanging in his cell in 1996. About 30 days after arriving at the …

Missouri Proposes $2.2 Million Settlement

Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Capital Correctional Resources Inc, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Dogs, Damages, Settlements, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

Missouri Proposes $2.2 Million Settlement by On June 25, 1999, the state of Missouri filed a proposed $2.2 million settlement in U.S. District Court that would dispose of 32 lawsuits filed ...