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WA Guard Discrimination Suit Settled for $250,000

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

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Settlements, Employee Litigation

$250,000. This amount includes attorney fees and costs. The DOC denied any wrongdoing in the matter. What is unusual about the settlement, which has been obtained by PLN, is its media provision: "4 ...

SC Prisoners Settle Rape Suits

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

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Damages, Settlements, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

$82,500 in damages by a jury who found she had been raped by a male prisoner in July, 1998, while she was a prisoner in the Lexington county jail in South Carolina. The county did not appeal the verdict ...

$1.75 Million in Oregon Excessive Force Jail Settlement

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

Filed under: Brain Injury, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Damages, Settlements

$1.75 Million in Oregon Excessive Force Jail Settlement by On March 29, 2000, the Klamath County Jail in Medford, Oregon, paid $1.75 million to settle an excessive force lawsuit filed ...

Sweeping ADA/RA Jail Settlement Benefits Hearing Impaired Prisoners

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

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Fire Hazards, Jail Specific, Attorney Fee Awards, Court Appearances, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Defenses, State Law Claims, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Interpreters, Telephone Access

Sweeping ADA/RA Jail Settlement Benefits Hearing Impaired Prisoners by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in California has approved a sweeping settlement of hearing impaired ...

BOP Settles Medical Death Suit for $700,000

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

Filed under: Cardiovascular, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

follow up treatment and showed deliberate indifference to Peen's medical needs. The BOP settled the suit by paying Deen's estate $700,000 in damages. As part of the settlement the BOP denied any wrongdoing ...

$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 …

$820,000 Awarded to Informant and Wife for Assault

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

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages, Complaints, New Trial Motions, Municipal Liability, Informants (Failure to Protect), Marriage

$820,000 Awarded to Informant and Wife for Assault by A federal district court in New York issued pre- and post-verdict opinions in a negligence action brought by a prisoner and his wife ...

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 ...