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$3,500 Settlement in Medical-Care Claim Arrives Too Late for Illinois Prisoner Felled by COVID-19

Article • November 5, 2022

Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19, Settlements

$3,500 Settlement in Medical-Care Claim Arrives Too Late for Illinois Prisoner Felled by COVID-19 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 21, 2021, a federal lawsuit filed ...

$1,050,000 Settlement Reached in Disabled Illinois Prisoner’s ADA Lawsuit

Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022

Filed under: Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act

$1,050,000 Settlement Reached in Disabled Illinois Prisoner’s ADA Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a verdict was returned by a federal jury in favor of a disabled Illinois ...

$15,150 Paid by Illinois for Neglect and Harassment of Three State Prisoners

Article • September 29, 2022

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

storage cooler by calling him “Felicia,” “bitch-ass,” and “bitch-ass P.C. Punk.” Lee filed a complaint under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), which should have ...

$1,425,000 Paid to Epileptic Illinois Detainee Denied Medication Who Suffered Seizure and Fell From Upper Bunk in Jail

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

Filed under: Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Settlements

Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., as well as Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., and state tort laws. In the settlement that the parties eventually reached ...

$275,000 Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Attempted Suicide at Illinois Jail

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

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

$275,000 Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Attempted Suicide at Illinois Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In April 2021, Illinois’ DuPage County Jail (DCJ) and its ...

$90,000 Paid by Illinois County to Prisoner Tasered by Two Guards He Wasn’t Resisting

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

Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers, Settlements

for using excessive force by tasering an unresisting prisoner, the parties reached a settlement for $90,000 on June 30, 2021. The prisoner, Christopher Davis, was held at LCJ while awaiting sentencing ...

$8.6 Million Award Against Wexford for Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Kidney Cancer

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Cancer, Settlements, Deliberate Indifference

$8.6 Million Award Against Wexford for Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Kidney Cancer by An Illinois prisoner was awarded $11 million by a federal jury in a lawsuit alleging doctors with Wexford Health Sources, Inc. (Wexford), were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs by failing to treat his kidney cancer. …

$731,000 Jury Award to Illinois DOC Prisoner Held 23 Months Beyond Release Date, Over $210k in Fees Awarded As Well

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Settlements, Overdetention

damages and $10,000 in punitive damages. That result was reached in a lawsuit by former Illinois prisoner Walter Brzowski, which he filed on December 28, 2017. According the complaint, in 2010 Brzowski ...

$54,000 Award of Attorney Fees to Enforce Settlement Agreement on Behalf of Deaf Prisoners

Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Settlements

$54,000 Award of Attorney Fees to Enforce Settlement Agreement on Behalf of Deaf Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ...

$300,000 Award for Illinois Prisoner in Sexual Assault Claim

Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

not appear but her counsel did. Quickle was the only person to testify. The court found that Quickle’s complaint and testimony “painted a disturbing picture of abuse and manipulation&rdquo ...

$11 Million Settlement in Illinois for Three Men Freed From Prison in Wrongful Convictions

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction

$11 Million Settlement in Illinois for Three Men Freed From Prison in Wrongful Convictions by Anthony Accurso by Anthony A. Accurso The City of Rockford, Illinois, settled a lawsuit on March ...

Cook County, Illinois to Pay $1.7 Million for Former Marine’s Suicide in Jail

Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Suicides

notably, they also documented his two suicide attempts – the most recent being the previous day. Lynch was assigned to a “psych tier,” where, pursuant to a settlement agreement ...

Cook County to Pay Over $5 Million for Depriving Prisoners of Dental Care

Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: Dental Care, Settlements

class-action complaint, filed in 2009, described prisoners repeatedly requesting dental treatment because they were experiencing severe tooth pain, bleeding gums and lost fillings. They were denied care ...

$750,000 Settlement for Family of Man Who Died in Illinois Jail

Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$750,000 Settlement for Family of Man Who Died in Illinois Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Illinois’ Whiteside County Jail (WCJ) agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a civil ...

$9 Million Settlement for Illinois Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Murder

Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

$9 Million Settlement for Illinois Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Murder by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In October 2017, a $9 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit brought by an Illinois ...

$1.25 Million Settlement for Chicago Man Coerced into Confessing to Rape and Murder

Article • June 20, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Police, Excessive Force (Police)

$1.25 Million Settlement for Chicago Man Coerced into Confessing to Rape and Murder by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Harold Hill, who was coerced into confessing to a rape ...

Hampton v. Dept Corrections, IL, Settlement, 2017

Brief • January 9, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Transgender, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Hampton v. Dept Corrections, IL, Settlement, 2017 ...

Rasho et al v. Walker et al, IL, Comments - Patterson, expert review of medical and segregation units, 2016

Brief • May 10, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Settlements, Expert Witnesses

Rasho et al v. Walker et al, IL, Comments - Patterson, expert review of medical and segregation units, 2016 1:07-cv-01298-MMM # 695 Page 1 of 9 E-FILED Tuesday, 10 May, 2016 02:40:46 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD 1:07-cv-01298-MMM # 695 Page 2 of 9 1:07-cv-01298-MMM # 695 Page 3 …

Illinois Jail Agrees to Pay $290,000 & Annuity Payments to Settle Excessive Force Suit

Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements

naked, lying on the concrete slab in the cell. According to Chandler’s complaint, “blood was gushing” from his “mouth and teeth that had been extracted” during the beating. In all, Chandler fractured two ...

BOP Settles FTCA Abuse/Religious Discrimination Suit for $48,000

Article • January 15, 2010 • from PLN January, 2010

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Religious Discrimination, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements, Federal Tort Claims Act, Religious Property

… that there was abuse of Mr. Shaheed that was unconscionable.” The BOP denied any liability in settling the case. The BOP paid $48,000 to settle the case. The complaint and settlement are available on PLN’s website. See ...