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TDCJ Pays $267,000 to Settle Discrimination Claim

Article • December 15, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Staff Harassment, Supervisor-Staff Harassment, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Men, Attorneys, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Costs, Title VII, Employee Litigation, Disabled Employees, Age Discrimination

TDCJ Pays $267,000 to Settle Discrimination Claim by On September 15, 2005, the TDCJ agreed to pay a total of $267,500 to Melissa Roberts to settle a complaint she filed with the U.S. Equal ...

TDCJ Settles Race Discrimination Suit Following Denial of Sovereign Immunity

Article • December 15, 2009

Filed under: Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Summary Judgment, Settlements, Sovereign Immunity, Employee Litigation

(TDCJ) after a district court denied a motion for summary judgment and another for sovereign immunity in a race discrimination suit. The original complaint was filed pursuant to the Texas Commission ...

$100 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoners’ Sexual Abuse Suit

Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Injunctions, Class Notice, Federal Statutory Law, Prison Rape Elimination Act

they would stand, while the settlement was assured even if it meant less money for the class members who won at trial. The Court of Appeals had upheld the first jury verdict on January 27, 2009 in a lengthy ...

$2.7 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Double Leg Amputee Jail Prisoner

Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, Amputations, Failure to Treat, Attorney Fee Awards, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Damages, Settlements

$2.7 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Double Leg Amputee Jail Prisoner by On April 9, 2009, a federal district judge in Oklahoma signed a consent decree memorializing a $2.7 million ...

Statute of Limitations Bars Damages Claim for Voluntary Participation in Human Experiments; Ninth Circuit Reverses and Remands; Case Settles for $1.5 Million

Article • December 15, 2009

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Medical, Medical Experiments/Exploitation, Male Reproductive, Summary Judgment, Damages, Settlements, Appeals, Limitations, Class Notice, Federal Tort Claims Act, Qualified Immunity, Sovereign Immunity

. Harold Bibeau’s 1997 complaint alleged he was a subject of the so-called Heller experiments (Experiments) from 1965 to 1969. Both parties agreed the statute of limitations on both the state and federal ...

TDCJ Guards Denied Qualified Immunity in Failure to Protect Case

Article • December 15, 2009

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Attorney Fee Awards, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Qualified Immunity, Sovereign Immunity

by Texas prisoner Eugene Cantu. The original complaint was filed July 3, 2000 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging he was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment when guards failed to protect him from ...

PLN Prevails in Motion to Unseal Settlement in CCA Class Action FLSA Case

Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Settlements, Disclosure of Records, Intervention, PLN Litigation, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation

PLN Prevails in Motion to Unseal Settlement in CCA Class Action FLSA Case by On August 28, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas unsealed a settlement agreement ...

Marin County Agrees to Pay $300,000 to Prisoner Severely Injured After Being Denied Psych Meds

Article • July 15, 2009

Filed under: Medication, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Jail Specific, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Costs, Municipal Liability, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

to the Jacob Neitzel Special Needs Trust. Neitzel was represented by Cal J. Potter of the Potter Law Offices, Las Vegas, NV. See: Neitzel v. County of Marin, USDC, N.D. Cal., No. 3:05-cv-03128-JL. The complaint ...

$200,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment

Article • June 15, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Staff Assault, Staff-Staff Harassment, Supervisor-Staff Harassment, Attorney Fee Awards, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Costs, Assaults on Staff, Employee Litigation, Failure to Protect (Staff)

$200,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment by Washington State’s King County paid $200,000 to settle the sexual harassment and hostile work environment claim of Jacqueline Galvan, who made ...

Connecticut Settles Suit Over Conditions at Somers Facility; $190,000 in Fees and Costs Paid

Article • June 15, 2009

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Attorneys, Attorney Fee Awards, Prisoner Privileges, Settlements, Costs, Class Certification, Drug Treatment/Rehab

Correctional Institution in Somers entered into a settlement agreement. The settlement came after significant improvements were made at Somers over 16 years during the pendency of the suit and as a result ...

$45,000 Awarded to Muslim Woman Forced to Remove Headscarf at California Jail

Article • May 15, 2009

Filed under: Damages, Settlements, Federal Statutory Law, RLUIPA, Municipal Liability, Religious Grooming, Religious Practices, Religious Property

$45,000 Awarded to Muslim Woman Forced to Remove Headscarf at California Jail by On October 8, 2008, the County of San Bernadino and Sheriff Gary Penrod agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) and the First Amendment. Jameelah …

$300,000 for Family of Prisoner who Bled to Death Waiting on Ambulance

Article • May 15, 2009

Filed under: OB/GYN, Misdiagnosis, Failure to Treat, Damages, Settlements, Immunity/Liability, Municipal Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mothers in Prison

$300,000 for Family of Prisoner who Bled to Death Waiting on Ambulance by The County of San Bernardino has settled a lawsuit brought by the estate of a woman who bled to death due to an undiagnosed pregnancy condition while waiting on an ambulance. Luan Morales started hemorrhaging while at …

County Pays $500,000 for Negligent Supervision of Probationer

Article • April 15, 2009

Filed under: Crime, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Parole, Parole Conditions, Murder by Parolees

County Pays $500,000 for Negligent Supervision of Probationer by Washington’s Whatcom County has settled a claim that it was negligent in failing to monitor the actions of a probationer for $500,000. The lawsuit was brought by the parents of Michael C. Busby, Jr., 8, who was killed by the probationer. …

Connecticut Deaf Couple Receive $50,000 to Settle Pepper Spray, Excessive Force Claim

Article • April 15, 2009

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Excessive Force (Police)

Connecticut Deaf Couple Receive $50,000 to Settle Pepper Spray, Excessive Force Claim by A Connecticut police department settled an excessive force claim for $50,000. This civil rights action was brought by a deaf couple who were pepper sprayed by two police officers during a domestic dispute. The couple was hearing …

Los Angeles County Pays $850,000 in Shooting Death of Suspect

Article • April 15, 2009

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime, Damages, Settlements, Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Police), Police Chases

after a pursuit. The County denies that police acted improperly, but entered into the settlement to avoid the cost of further litigation and a possible jury verdict greater than the settlement. When ...

$275,000 Settlement to Louisiana Man for Excessive Force by Police

Article • April 15, 2009

Filed under: Damages, Settlements, Police, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police)

$275,000 Settlement to Louisiana Man for Excessive Force by Police by The police department in Lousiana’s St. James Parish has agreed to pay $275,000 to Daniel Moody, who claimed that police ...

$1 Million Award in Murder for Hire Plot

Article • April 15, 2009

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime, Victims, Conspiracy, Damages, Settlements

$1 Million Award in Murder for Hire Plot by An Oregon jury has awarded a woman who sued her estranged husband for hiring someone to kill her $1,053,783. When Susan Kuhnhausen returned home from her job as a nurse, she was attacked by Edward Dalton Haffey. Susan received blows to …

Oxford Federal Facility Sticks Company For Two Thirds Of Recycling Bill

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Government Misconduct, Civil Procedure, Settlements

moved for dismissal with prejudice and the award of her fees and costs. The complaint was removed to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The court authorized a settlement ...

Pennsylvania Private Prison Construction Halted For Environmental Assessment

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Cornell Corrections, DOC/BOP misconduct, Conditions of Confinement, Environmental Law, Settlements, Administrative Procedures Act (Federal), National Environmental Policy Act

Pennsylvania Private Prison Construction Halted For Environmental Assessment by The Pennsylvania based Citizens Advisory Committee on Private Prisons, Inc. (CACOPP), filed a complaint ...

$1,375 Settlement For 11 Days Excessive Federal Imprisonment

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Settlements, Sentencing, Good Time, Wrongful Imprisonment

$1,375 Settlement For 11 Days Excessive Federal Imprisonment by Ex federal prisoner and Washington, D.C., resident Isaac McKelvin filed an administrative tort claim with the United States ...