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$20,000 Paid to Florida Prisoner After Eleventh Circuit Finds PLRA Inapplicable to Claims DOC Removed to Federal Court

Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023

Filed under: Settlements, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)

;s order granting summary judgment to two other guards, with instructions to allow the prisoner to amend his complaint. That got the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to the settlement table, where ...

Settlement Improves ADA Accessibility Features, Health Care and Training in Florida Prisons

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

Filed under: Medical, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act

Settlement Improves ADA Accessibility Features, Health Care and Training in Florida Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) entered into another ...

$6,500 Settlement After Eleventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Florida Jail Officials Who Repeatedly Opened Detainee’s Legal Mail

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

Filed under: Settlements, Legal Mail, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified

$6,500 Settlement After Eleventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Florida Jail Officials Who Repeatedly Opened Detainee’s Legal Mail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter ...

Inmate Magazine Service Settlement Prohibits Further Sale of Magazine Subscriptions, Orders Payment of $2.2 Million for ‘Consumer Redress’

Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022

Filed under: Settlements, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Scheme or Artifice to Defraud

Inmate Magazine Service Settlement Prohibits Further Sale of Magazine Subscriptions, Orders Payment of $2.2 Million for ‘Consumer Redress’ by On September 7, 2021, Inmate Magazine Service ...

$4.65 Million Settlement for Florida Female Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Brutal Beating by Guards

Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

$4.65 Million Settlement for Florida Female Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Brutal Beating by Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC ...

Final Settlement Entered in 1976 Class-Action Suit Against Florida Jail

Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019

Filed under: Settlements

Final Settlement Entered in 1976 Class-Action Suit Against Florida Jail by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In August 1976, a lawsuit was filed in a Florida federal district court alleging ...

$1 Million Award for Two Women Sexually Assaulted by Florida Jail Guard

Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

Jail (BCJ). Brandy Carnley and Virginia Lindsey alleged in a May 2017 civil rights complaint that they were forced into sex acts by guard Pedro Reyes. Both women were assigned to the jail’s laundry ...

Florida Woman Settles Lawsuit Against Sheriff’s Officers for $67,500 After Arrest While in Premature Labor

Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011

Filed under: OB/GYN, Settlements, Police, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police)

allegedly running a red light on her way to the St. Vincent’s Medical Center emergency room in Jacksonville, Florida when she was in premature labor, accepted a settlement in her lawsuit instead of going ...

$250,000 Settlement After Federal Prison Bus Accident

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Federal Tort Claims Act, Premises Liability

$250,000 Settlement After Federal Prison Bus Accident by Numerous federal prisoners brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1995 after sustaining injuries during a Bureau ...

PLN Uncovers Secret Sweetheart Settlement Between PRIDE and Former Board Members

Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Prison Industries, Settlements, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability

PLN Uncovers Secret Sweetheart Settlement Between PRIDE and Former Board Members by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In its continual effort to expose corruption within prisons, PLN has ...

Motion Accepted as Appeal Notice; Damage Award Set Off Against Costs

Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002

Filed under: Damages, Settlements, Costs, Appeals, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet, Denial of Religious Services

if it states the intent to appeal, and that a jury's damage award could be set off against a plaintiff's liability for costs awarded to defendants when the plaintiff refused a pre-trial settlement greater than ...

Florida Nicotine Addiction Suit Settled

Article • March 15, 1999 • from PLN March, 1999

Filed under: Smoking, Settlements, Costs, Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab

, 1998, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) settled Waugh's suit after two days of trial. The settlement is significant for several reasons. Among them, the Florida DOC recognized nicotine ...