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Ohio Supreme Court Awards Prisoner $700 From Sheriff Who Failed to Comply with Public Records Request
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Public Records
Ohio Supreme Court Awards Prisoner $700 From Sheriff Who Failed to Comply with Public Records Request by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 19, 2023, the Supreme Court of Ohio awarded prisoner Franklin Woods $700 in statutory damages against the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) for failure to comply …
Deadline Looms for Payouts Under California’s Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Consent to Treatment, Settlements, Class Certification, Class Notice, Class Actions
Deadline Looms for Payouts Under California’s Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program by December 31, 2023, will be the last day to file for reparations under California’s Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program (FISCP). State lawmakers created it in 2021 to offer compensation to thousands of victims who were sterilized …
St. Louis City Jails Director Under Fire, County Jail Director Leaves After Nearly $2.7 Million in Legal Payouts
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Settlements
. Kasper of the Kasper Law Firm. See: Keown v. St. Louis Cty., USDC (E.D. Mo.), Case No. 4:20-cv-00551. The same month, the County reached another settlement agreeing to pay $400,000 to the heirs of detainee ...
$1.2 Million Paid by St. Louis County for Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Ulcer
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
of Missouri approved a settlement under which St. Louis County agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve claims that a state prisoner detained in the county jail died due to denied medical care. From his arrest ...
$3,500 Settlement in Medical-Care Claim Arrives Too Late for Illinois Prisoner Felled by COVID-19
Article • November 5, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19, Settlements
$3,500 Settlement in Medical-Care Claim Arrives Too Late for Illinois Prisoner Felled by COVID-19 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 21, 2021, a federal lawsuit filed ...
Ohio County Pays $2.5 Million for Photographing Female Detainees’ Tattooed Private Areas
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Photographing, Settlements
Keach, III, along with Nicholas A. Migliaccio and Jason S. Rathod of Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, McDonald ultimately filed an amended complaint seeking certification of a class of plaintiffs who were ...
San Diego County Pays $8.1 Million After Jail Guard Fatally Shot Fleeing Detainee in the Back
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Police--Excessive Force
then resolved by the settlement, under which the county agreed to pay $8.1 million in total. Of that, $5.1 million went to Bils’ mother and the attorneys from Iredale & Yoo. Another $1 million went ...
Wisconsin Pays $8,000 To State Prisoner After Seventh Circuit Revives Retaliation Claim Against Guard Over Destroyed Legal Documents
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Retaliation for Litigating, Settlements
. The settlement comes on the heels of a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on March 7, 2022, reinstating the claim by William Jones, a prisoner at Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI ...
Georgia Jail Settles Suit Filed by Mentally Ill Female Detainees With Policy Changes and $1.2 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
court for the Northern District of Georgia gave final approval to a settlement in a lawsuit brought by mentally ill women incarcerated at the South Fulton Jail. The agreement included numerous changes ...
$7 Million Paid to California Detainee Left Quadriplegic Due to Jail Guards’ Alleged Negligence
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
;ez’s serious medical needs, in violation of his civil rights. After he accepted $50,000 in an interim settlement hammered out in 2019, the parties proceeded to reach their final agreement, adding ...
Ohio County Pays $4 Million To Settle Claim Over Death of Jail Detainee
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)
and ultimatums — tactics “antithetical to the correctional setting,” the settlement noted — before ordering an extraction team to enter the holding cell and seize Rios to place him ...
$3.75 Million Settlement for Estate of Washington Prisoner Who Died From Untreated Breast Cancer
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: Cancer, Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
$3.75 Million Settlement for Estate of Washington Prisoner Who Died From Untreated Breast Cancer by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 17, 2022, the Washington Department ...
$2.45 Million Paid by Wellpath and Macomb County, Michigan, After Detainee’s Withdrawal Death in Jail
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
, and that withdrawing from all at once is a medical emergency. Nevertheless, jail staff made no effort to confirm or acquire Stojcevski’s prescriptions, according to the complaint later filed. He was placed ...
After $90,000 Settlement for Sexual Abuse of Oregon Juvenile Detainee, Second Suit Filed Against Now-Imprisoned Former Youth Counselor
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Juveniles
After $90,000 Settlement for Sexual Abuse of Oregon Juvenile Detainee, Second Suit Filed Against Now-Imprisoned Former Youth Counselor by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On December 30, 2021 ...
After Summary Judgment Denied, California Jail Officials Pay $55,000 for Breaking Detainee’s Arm
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements
for the Northern District of California, which dismissed the complaint but appointed a guardian ad litem, Maria Isabel Tapia-Carmona. With the assistance of Oakland attorney John L. Burris and co-counsel K. Chike ...
$1,050,000 Settlement Reached in Disabled Illinois Prisoner’s ADA Lawsuit
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act
$1,050,000 Settlement Reached in Disabled Illinois Prisoner’s ADA Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a verdict was returned by a federal jury in favor of a disabled Illinois ...
$15,150 Paid by Illinois for Neglect and Harassment of Three State Prisoners
Article • September 29, 2022
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements
storage cooler by calling him “Felicia,” “bitch-ass,” and “bitch-ass P.C. Punk.” Lee filed a complaint under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), which should have ...
$1.1 Million Settlement Paid by Michigan County to Estate of Detainee Who Committed Suicide at Jail
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Correct Care Solutions, Settlements, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides
at MCJ since 2000. On October 26, 2020, the estate entered into a partial settlement with CCS/Wellpath for $100,000, paying $51,242.27 in costs and fees to Plaintiff’s attorney, Garrison Law, P.C ...
$90,000 Paid to Settle Lawsuit Over Recorded Attorney-Client Calls at Wisconsin Jail
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Recorded Calls
. Under the settlement, Defendants and their insurer agreed to establish a $90,000 fund to pay for damages, costs and attorney’s fees suffered by the class, plus a small award to its representative ...
$7,500 Settlement Reached for Assault in California Jail
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements
$7,500 Settlement Reached for Assault in California Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 29, 2021, a lawsuit against California’s San Joaquin County was dismissed ...
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