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Monterey County Pays $1 Million to Settle Suit Over Detainee Suicide by Toilet Tissue; Wellpath Pays Another Undisclosed Sum

Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025

Filed under: Private Contractors, Settlements, Suicides

States Court for the Northern District of California approved a series of settlements totaling $1 million that resolved a civil rights suit brought by the survivors of Carlos Chavez, whose suicide ...

$12,000 Paid to California Prisoner Denied Back Surgery Despite Doctor’s Recommendation

Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023

Filed under: Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference

of the committee. In his complaint, Allen argued it was undisputed that he had a serious medical condition, and when members of the UM/MAR committee denied the recommendation of Dr. Segal – an outside ...

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 …

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 ...

$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 ...

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 ...

$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 ...

California Appellate Court Reverses $2.7 Million Award for Wrongful Death of Woman Murdered by Grandson on Parole

Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022

Filed under: Settlements, Murder by Parolees, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction

California Appellate Court Reverses $2.7 Million Award for Wrongful Death of Woman Murdered by Grandson on Parole by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In a stunning decision reached on December 16, 2021, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Third Appellate District, absolved the state Department of Corrections …

$350,000 Paid to Victim Beaten in Jail by California Sheriff’s Deputy

Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

with his hands cuffed behind his back, twisting his fingers so hard that he pleaded with deputies not to break them, according to a complaint he later filed. Once in the jail, they took Jackson to a cell ...

$35,000 Settlement Paid by California County After Jail Death of Elderly, Mentally Ill Detainee

Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022

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

$35,000 Settlement Paid by California County After Jail Death of Elderly, Mentally Ill Detainee by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart California’s San Luis Obispo County reached ...

$350,000 Paid To Victim Beaten in Jail by California Sheriff's Deputy

Article • July 18, 2022

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

with his hands cuffed behind his back, twisting his fingers so hard that he warned deputies not to break them, according to a complaint he later filed. Once in the jail, they took Jackson to a cell where ...

$250,000 Paid to Woman Forced to Give Birth in California Jail Cell by Guards and CFMG Nurses

Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, OB/GYN, Settlements, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

a diagnosed urinary tract infection that could cause pre-term labor if left untreated. Two days later, her delivery contractions began. However, her complaints were waved away as exaggerations by nurses ...

$199,000 Awarded to California Detainee Assaulted by Santa Clara County Jail Guard

Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

. See: Steward v. Cty. of Santa Clara, USDC (S.D.Ca.), Case No. 3:17-cv-01154. Finally, on January 10, 2022, the Court partially granted Steward’s motion for attorney’s fees, since he did ...

$1 Million Paid by Santa Clara County to Estate of Alzheimer’s Patient Killed When He Wandered onto Interstate Highway after Release from County Jail

Article • February 19, 2022

Filed under: Settlements, Accidents, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

million settlement was signed on April 14, 2018, by attorneys for Santa Clara County, California, to settle a wrongful death claim made by the surviving heir of an Alzheimer’s patient who was killed ...

$1,250,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Family of Man Who Died after Being Denied Oxygen at County Jail

Article • February 19, 2022

Filed under: Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$1,250,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Family of Man Who Died after Being Denied Oxygen at County Jail by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman On April 20, 2018, a settlement was entered ...

$11,333.33 Paid by Santa Clara County to Teenage Girl Allegedly Beaten by Guards at County Juvenile Hall

Article • February 19, 2022

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders

. District Court for the Northern District of California, after which the county and plaintiff subsequently reached their settlement agreement. That agreement does not affect Owens’ claims against ...

$12,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Disabled Prisoner Who Suffered Seizure and Fell from Top Bunk, Permanently Injuring His Wrist

Article • February 19, 2022

Filed under: Seizures, Systemic Medical Neglect, Settlements

$12,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Disabled Prisoner Who Suffered Seizure and Fell from Top Bunk, Permanently Injuring His Wrist by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman A settlement was fully ...

$15,000 Settlement by Santa Clara County for Jail Prisoner Brutalized by Guards

Article • February 19, 2022

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

$15,000 Settlement by Santa Clara County for Jail Prisoner Brutalized by Guards by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman Attorneys for Santa Clara County, California, signed an agreement on November ...

$20,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Settle Claims of Medical Neglect and Failure to Protect Disabled Prisoner Beaten by Gang Members in County Jail

Article • February 19, 2022

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Prison Gangs, Systemic Medical Neglect, Settlements

; A settlement was executed on August 27, 2019, by lawyers for Santa Clara County, California, agreeing to pay $20,000 to a man whom guards at the county jail allegedly denied medically necessary treatment ...

$25,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Prisoner Suffering Mental Health Episode Beaten by Guards at County Jail

Article • February 19, 2022

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

administrative complaints over the incident and, when those were exhausted, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on December 16, 2015, accusing the two guards of using ...