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$800,000 Settlement in AZ Jail Restraint Suit

Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Medical, Skeletal Injury, Urinary, Restraints, Settlements, Discovery

$800,000 Settlement in AZ Jail Restraint Suit by In August, 1999, the Maricopa County board of supervisors, approved an $800,000 settlement for a pretrial detainee subjected to excessive ...

$47,500 Settlement in Pennsylvania Restraint Suit

Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Conditions of Confinement, Food, Strip Cells, Restraints, Damages, Settlements

$47,500 Settlement in Pennsylvania Restraint Suit by In May, 1999, the Northampton County Prison (NCP) paid Maria Merced $47,500 to settle a "hogtying" lawsuit she had filed. In August, 1996 ...

IN Jail Settles Victim Suit for $650,000

Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements

IN Jail Settles Victim Suit for $650,000 by On September 10, 1999, the Howard County jail in Indiana settled a lawsuit by crime victims for $650,000. A mother, 44, and her 9 year old daughter were physically and sexually assaulted by a prisoner who escaped from the jail by using …

Attica Suit Settled for $12 Million

Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Attorney Fee Awards, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements

Attica Suit Settled for $12 Million by On February 15, 2000, a federal judge approved a settlement in which New York State is to pay $8 million to the prisoners who were beaten and tortured ...

$600,000 In GA Medical Neglect Suit

Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Skeletal Injury, Damages, Settlements

Stitt $600,000 in damages against CMS. CMS's defense was that they were providing medical care as practiced in prisons. CMS has appealed the verdict. See: Stitt v. Correctional Medical Systems, Baldwin ...

$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 ...

Settlement Terms Limiting a Lawyer’s Use of Information, ABA Formal Opinions, 2000

Brief • April 7, 2000

Filed under: Attorneys, Settlements, Disclosure of Records

Settlement Terms Limiting a Lawyer’s Use of Information, ABA Formal Opinions, 2000 ABA Formal Opinions The following formal opinions are issued by the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics ...

Youngstown Case Reveals New Legal Issues for Prisoner Advocates, State Correctional Agencies and Private Prison Companies

Article • March 15, 2000 • from PLN March, 2000

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, HIV/AIDS, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Escapes, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Attorney Fee Awards, Injunctions (PLRA), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Defenses, State Law Claims, Standing, Parties, Qualified Immunity, Contractor Liability, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

a definitive ruling on these issues. A summary of the class action settlement and the related state legislation appears near the end of this article. These legal doctrines or issues are being pressed in a number ...

$1.5 Million Settlement in CA Jail Suicide Attempt

Article • March 15, 2000 • from PLN March, 2000

Filed under: Settlements, Municipal Liability, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

$1.5 Million Settlement in CA Jail Suicide Attempt by On June 6, 1996, a California man was arrested on charges of drunk driving after being involved in a traffic accident. He was unable ...

Washington DOC Settles Mail Censorship Suit

Article • March 15, 2000 • from PLN March, 2000

Filed under: Legality of Rules, Attorney Fee Awards, Legal Materials, Photocopies, Settlements, Mail, Publications/Books, Sexually Explicit Materials, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Postage, PLN Litigation

., third or fourth class mail, also known as "bulk mail." The DOC had previously lost this issue in Miniken v. Walter, 978 F. Supp. 1356 (ED WA 1997)[PLN, Feb. 1998]. The settlement does not affect the DOC's ...

America's Toughest Sheriff Settles for $8.25 Million in Wrongful Death Suit

Article • February 15, 2000 • from PLN February, 2000

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Restraints, Settlements

the $8.25 million settlement in the civil suit, County Attorney Rick Romley announced that his office would launch a criminal investigation. To date no criminal charges have been filed. Arpaio, who spent 25 ...

CDC Settles Corcoran Shooting Suit for $2.2 Million

Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Excessive Force, Shootings, Settlements

filed by the estate of Mark Adams for $2.5 million [PLN, May, 1999]. The Adams settlement came after a jury had awarded the estate $2.2 million in damages and found the prison warden and CDC director ...

New Jersey Jail Settles Chemical Burn Suit for $900,000

Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999

Filed under: Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Boot Camps, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Burning, Damages, Settlements, Municipal Liability

New Jersey Jail Settles Chemical Burn Suit for $900,000 by On April 20, 1999, Atlantic County, New Jersey, paid $900,000 to settle a lawsuit involving extensive chemical burns suffered by a prisoner forced to do calisthenics in a pit filled with caustic chemicals. David Zamot was a non violent offender …

South Dakota Eliminates Law Libraries

Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Public Defenders, Court Access, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Settlements

them with limited assistance from a legal contractor. Under the terms of the settlement, South Dakota's four main prisons will maintain a collection of about forty books related to law (i.e ...

$100,000 Settlement in South Carolina Jail Death

Article • November 15, 1999 • from PLN November, 1999

Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Cardiovascular, Staffing, Damages, Settlements, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$100,000 Settlement in South Carolina Jail Death by On May 12, 1999, Spartanburg county in South Carolina announced it would pay $100,000 to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the estate ...

$90,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Suicide

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

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

$90,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Suicide by On May 28, 1999, Salt Lake county, Utah, paid $90,000 to the family of a detainee who committed suicide in the county jail. Henry Delgado ...

Utah Jail Settles ADA Suit

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

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Conditions of Confinement, Showers, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act, Premises Liability

Utah Jail Settles ADA Suit by On May 6, 1999, Salt Lake County, Utah, settled a lawsuit by paying $2,000 in damages, $4,000 in attorney fees and agreeing to modify its jail for the handicapped. Robert Earls, a former jail detainee, is missing a leg and must use a prosthesis. …

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 …

Ex-Prisoner Gets $850,000 for Broken Neck

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

Filed under: Medical, Pain, Skeletal Injury, Settlements

. The state admitted no wrongdoing, but agreed to pay $850,000 to settle with Dodson, who remains partially paralyzed. Corrections Department director Cal Terhune confirmed the April, 1999, settlement without ...

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 ...