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$4,000 Federal Bench Verdict to Kentucky Prisoner Assaulted by Guard While Restrained

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

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Settlements

$4,000 Federal Bench Verdict to Kentucky Prisoner Assaulted by Guard While Restrained by On March 26, 2021, the U.S. DistrictCourt for the Western District of Kentucky granted summary ...

$200,000 Settlement for Kentucky Woman in Jail Childbirth Suit

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

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Settlements

$200,000 Settlement for Kentucky Woman in Jail Childbirth Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 17, 2021, a Kentucky federal court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a woman who ...

$1.1 Million Settlement in Kentucky Jail Sex Abuse Suit

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

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

$1.1 Million Settlement in Kentucky Jail Sex Abuse Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 7, 2020, Kentucky’s Larue County Detention Center agreed to pay $1.1 million ...

$400,000 Settlement in Lawsuit over Kentucky Prisoner’s Starvation Death

Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$400,000 Settlement in Lawsuit over Kentucky Prisoner’s Starvation Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2020, WDRB News revealed a previously undisclosed $400,000 settlement ...

HRDC Prevails in Censorship Suit Against Kentucky Prison System, Wins $104,711

Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, PLN Litigation, Censorship

, order resolves all issues in a lawsuit HRDC brought in July 2017 that alleged KDOC violated First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The complaint challenged KDOC’s policy and practice of banning ...

Kentucky Prison Guards Settle Sexual Harassment Suit for $1.5 Million

Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019

Filed under: Sexual Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment, Settlements

Kentucky Prison Guards Settle Sexual Harassment Suit for $1.5 Million by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A $1.5 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit alleging a male sergeant ...

BOP Settles Prisoner Retaliation Claim for $7,350

Article • April 26, 2017

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Prison Labor, Settlements

was where it was supposed to be. Several days later, Shehee was fired from his job at the commissary. According to his complaint, FCI Manchester Inmate Services Supervisor Michael Robertson told Shehee ...

Johnson v. CCA, KY, Order Granting PLN's Motion to Intervene and Unseal Settlement, CCA Overtime 2014

Brief • August 13, 2014

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Settlements, Public Records, Employee Litigation

Johnson v. CCA, KY, Order Granting PLN's Motion to Intervene and Unseal Settlement, CCA Overtime 2014 Case 3:12-cv-00246-JGH Document 62 Filed 08/13/14 Page 1 of 6 PageID #: 523 UNITED STATES ...

$20,000 Settlement After Citizen Falls At Federal Medical Center

Article • February 15, 2009

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

$20,000 Settlement After Citizen Falls At Federal Medical Center by Missouri resident Wealtha Liggins brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996 after she fell ...

$125,000 Settlement In BOP Guard Induced Prisoner's Death

Article • February 15, 2009

Filed under: Seizures, Failure to Treat, Damages, Settlements, Federal Statutory Law, Federal Tort Claims Act, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$125,000 Settlement In BOP Guard Induced Prisoner's Death by Parents of deceased ex Kentucky federal prisoner, Marcus Dascenzo, brought a federal tort action against the United States ...

$586,000 to Settle KY Jail Strip Search Suit

Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000

Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Settlements, Injunctions, Municipal Liability

of the various lawsuits, and paying out over $3 million in settlements and jury verdicts, the Jefferson County Jail now only strip searches felony arrestees. ...

Kentucky Jail Settles Strip Search Suit for $11.5 Million

Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999

Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Damages, Settlements

million to thousands of people who were strip searched after being arrested for minor offenses. The lawsuit and settlement covers everyone arrested and strip searched at tire jail between April 24, 1990 ...