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Georgia Jail Settles Suit Filed by Mentally Ill Female Detainees With Policy Changes and $1.2 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs

Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022

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

court for the Northern District of Georgia gave final approval to a settlement in a lawsuit brought by mentally ill women incarcerated at the South Fulton Jail. The agreement included numerous changes ...

$550,000 Settlement in Georgia Prisoner’s Starvation Death

Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

$550,000 Settlement in Georgia Prisoner’s Starvation Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $550,000 settlement was reached in a civil rights lawsuit alleging 19-year-old Jimmy ...

Settlement in Class-Action Suit Over SMU Conditions at Georgia Prison

Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Settlements

a settlement class and resolve the injunctive and declaratory claims in the complaint. The case challenged conditions in the SMU and procedures that kept prisoners there. It alleged that solitary confinement ...

Georgia Prisoner Left in Vegetative State; Lawsuit Settles for $1,500,000

Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat, Settlements

; in July 2018 for $1,500,000, which was the largest settlement in a prison lawsuit in that state in over a decade. Of the settlement amount, $675,000 went to attorney fees and $21,029 to costs. See:&nbsp ...

Georgia Man Settles for $20,000 Against Atlanta Police Officer

Article • April 20, 2018

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

to the trial, the parties agreed to a settlement of $20,000, which included costs and attorney fees. See: Johnson v. The City of Atlanta, et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ...

Sovereign Immunity Doesn’t Bar Attorney Fee Award Against Georgia DOC

Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Settlements, Sovereign Immunity

a severed urethra which resulted in several surgeries, and later filed a tort action. Sixteen months before trial, the GDOC rejected his offer of settlement for $24,000. A jury, however, found state prison ...

Georgia Jail Settles PLN Censorship Suit, Pays $149,759.21 in Damages, Attorney Fees

Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation, Censorship

, unfortunately, while the First Amendment prevailed.” The settlement was reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. PLN was ably represented by Atlanta attorneys Brian Spears and Gerald Weber. See: Prison ...

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 ...

$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 ...

Georgia Brutality Suit Settled for $283,500

Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation against Staff, Prison/Common Area Searches, Attorney Fee Awards, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements, Injunctions

and their attorneys to receive $283,500. After approving the settlement judge Murphy was quoted as saying, "The settlement is fair, responsible and in the public interest." The settlement ends a lawsuit accusing ...