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Washington State Settles Excessive Force/Injury Suit for $2,000

Article • May 15, 2010

Filed under: Retaliation for Use of Medical Services, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Civil Procedure, Settlements

to Heggem's complaint, he was backing up to his cell door to be uncuffed when Kelly, who felt that he was backing up too slow, pulled on the escort rope. This caused Heggem to become unstable, forcing him ...

Washington State Settles Prisoner's Premises Defect Suit for $5,000

Article • May 15, 2010

Filed under: Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Premises Liability, Failure to Train/Supervise

Washington State Settles Prisoner's Premises Defect Suit for $5,000 by On June 29, 2007, the State of Washington settled for $5,000 a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who had been injured due to a premises defect at a state prison kitchen. Louis R. Pace was a Washington State prisoner incarcerated …

Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $8,685.60 to Prisoner Hurt in Van Accident

Article • May 15, 2010

Filed under: Work Release, Workplace Injury, Transportation, Civil Procedure, Settlements

Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $8,685.60 to Prisoner Hurt in Van Accident by The State of Washington has agreed to pay $8,685.60 to a prisoner who was injured during a car accident while on work release. On May 29, 2007, Tracy Sehmel was injured when a Department of Corrections employee …

Pierce County, Washington Pays $2,500 Settlement for Violation of Civil Rights and Missing Vehicle

Article • May 15, 2010

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Imprisonment, Police, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police), Property

Pierce County, Washington Pays $2,500 Settlement for Violation of Civil Rights and Missing Vehicle by Washington State’s Pierce County paid $2,500 to settle a claim for violation of civil ...

$1,000 Claim Settlement for Washington State Prisoner Injured in Fall

Article • May 15, 2010

Filed under: Workplace Injury, Medication, Skeletal Injury, Surgery, Civil Procedure, Settlements

$1,000 Claim Settlement for Washington State Prisoner Injured in Fall by On September 13, 2007, Washington State settled for $1,000 a tort claim brought by a state prisoner who slipped ...

Washington State Pays Employee $1,152.99 for Damage to Car

Article • May 15, 2010

Filed under: Settlements, Premises Liability, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation

Washington State Pays Employee $1,152.99 for Damage to Car by On May 9, 2007, Washington State paid $1,152 to a Department of Corrections (DOC) employee whose car was .damaged as she pulled out of an employee parking space. Elain Harmon, a DOC employee, was pulling out of a parking space …

Washington State Makes Work Release Available to Disabled Prisoners; Monetary Payments to Class Members

Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010

Filed under: Work Release, Disabled Prisoners, Attorney Fee Awards, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Costs, Class Certification, Americans with Disabilities Act

Washington State Makes Work Release Available to Disabled Prisoners; Monetary Payments to Class Members by The Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) agreed to a settlement in a class ...

$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 ...

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. …

Child's Fingertip Amputated After Guard's Negligence

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Amputations, Failure to Treat, Settlements, Federal Tort Claims Act, Immunity/Liability, Premises Liability

in 2001 after Fudge's fingertip was caught in a prison door and severed while at a prison visit. Details of the 2003 settlement agreement were not available due to a stipulated protective order. Bean ...

Scruggs v. WA DOC, WA, Settlement Agreement, 2004

Brief • May 7, 2007

Filed under: Settlements

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Washington Women’s Prison Healthcare Violations Continue

Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Settlements, Sanctions

Advocate, to help prisoners address healthcare complaints at WCCW. [PLN, July 2005, p. 26]. Plaintiffs were represented by Columbia Legal Services and the Seattle law firm of McDonald, Hogue & Bayless. ...

Washington DOC Settles Contempt Action For $500,000; Money To Fund Patient Advocate

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

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Costs, Contempt (Civil Procedure), Sanctions

will be used to pay attorneys' fees and costs, while the rest will be used to hire an independent Patient Advocate to help prisoners address complaints about health care services at the prison. In September ...

Brooks v. WDOC, WA, Order dismissing case due to settlement, PLRA, 2003

Brief • December 30, 2003

Filed under: PLRA, Consent Decrees (PLRA), Settlements

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$4.47 Million in Washington Negligent Supervision Settlements and Verdicts

Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003

Filed under: Victims, Settlements, Parole Liability, Wrongful Death, Murder by Parolees

$4.47 Million in Washington Negligent Supervision Settlements and Verdicts by Washington State recently settled or was found liable in three separate law suits alleging that it negligently ...

$50,000 Settlement in D.C. Retaliation Suit

Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Settlements

$50,000 Settlement in D.C. Retaliation Suit by In the January 2001, issue of PLN we reported Garcia v. District of Columbia, 56 F. Supp.2d 1 (D DC 1998) in which the district court denied ...

Not Part of my Sentence: The Rape of Washington Prisoners

Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Criminal Prosecution, Boot Camps, Settlements

sums of taxpayer dollars by way of settlements to some prisoners who alleged sexual abuse in various prisons before and after the law was passed. In total, according to information obtained from ...

The Cost of Running Washington's Rape Camps

Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Damages, Settlements

by staff that are taking place, there is relatively little litigation ensuing as a result. A PLN investigation of settlements and verdicts paid out by the Washingon Department of Corrections (DOC) between ...

Washington DOC Hit with almost $50 Million in Verdicts and Settlements in Parole Victim Suits

Article • May 15, 2001 • from PLN May, 2001

Filed under: Sexual Assault by Parolees, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Victims, Damages, Settlements, Parole, Municipal Liability, Parole Liability, Wrongful Death, Murder by Parolees, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Washington DOC Hit with almost $50 Million in Verdicts and Settlements in Parole Victim Suits by Paul Wright In a four-month period between September, 2000 and January, 2001, the Washington ...

Washington DOC Settles Public Disclosure Suits

Article • April 15, 2001 • from PLN April, 2001

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Costs, Disclosure of Records

Washington DOC Settles Public Disclosure Suits by Roger Smith Plaintiffs Roger Smith, Donald Miniken, and Karl Twilleager, prisoners at the McNeil Island Correction Center (MICC) near Steilacoom, Washington, settled their consolidated Public Disclosure Act claims against defendants Washington Department of Corrections, MICC, and MICC Public Disclosure Officer, Rosemarie Routson on …