Search | Verdict1

Historic $7 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Beating

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

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

Historic $7 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Beating by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 20, 2024, the Wayne County Commission in Detroit approved a $5 ...

$2.45 Million Paid by Wellpath and Macomb County, Michigan, After Detainee’s Withdrawal Death in Jail

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

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

, and that withdrawing from all at once is a medical emergency. Nevertheless, jail staff made no effort to confirm or acquire Stojcevski’s prescriptions, according to the complaint later filed. He was placed ...

$1.1 Million Settlement Paid by Michigan County to Estate of Detainee Who Committed Suicide at Jail

Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022

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

at MCJ since 2000. On October 26, 2020, the estate entered into a partial settlement with CCS/Wellpath for $100,000, paying $51,242.27 in costs and fees to Plaintiff’s attorney, Garrison Law, P.C ...

$1 Million Default Judgement for Michigan Jail Prisoner Against Health Care Provider in Sexual Assault

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

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

$1 Million Default Judgement for Michigan Jail Prisoner Against Health Care Provider in Sexual Assault by Mark Wilson But She Probably Won’t Collect It From the Defunct Provider by Mark Wilson On April 1, 2021, a Michigan federal court entered a $1 million default judgement for a woman who was …

$500 Default Judgement in Female Michigan Prisoner’s Pro Se Excessive-Force Claim

Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

. Kendrick-Hall executed a waiver of service, acknowledging she received the complaint, but she failed to respond to it. The district court then entered a default judgment for Scrivo, but it said she ...

Michigan Settles Sex Abuse Claims by 1,300 Former Juvenile Offenders Housed With Adults for $80 Million

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

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Settlements, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Failure to Protect (Juveniles)

from October 15, 2010 to February 24, 2020. All of these juveniles were charged, convicted, and sentenced as adults, and MDOC placed them in adult facilities upon receiving them. The complaint contained ...

$135,000 Settles Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit by Former Michigan Prison Guard

Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Discrimination, Settlements

$135,000 Settles Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit by Former Michigan Prison Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 10, 2019, a former Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) prison guard, who is Hispanic and openly gay, settled a lawsuit over her discriminatory treatment at a DOC prison for $135,000. Twelve …

$157,000 Settlement in Michigan DOC Employee Discrimination Case

Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Settlements, Employee Litigation

$157,000 Settlement in Michigan DOC Employee Discrimination Case by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to pay $157,500 to settle ...

$1.1 Million Settlement for Michigan Parole Officer in Sexual Harassment Suit

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

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

$1.1 Million Settlement for Michigan Parole Officer in Sexual Harassment Suit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to pay $1.1 million ...

Michigan: $40,000 Settlement for Parole Violation Sanctions Absent Due Process

Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Parole

Michigan: $40,000 Settlement for Parole Violation Sanctions Absent Due Process by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A $40,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit alleging the Michigan ...

Beating of Michigan Jail Prisoner Results in $36.6 Million Verdict,$12.9 Million Settlement

Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

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

Beating of Michigan Jail Prisoner Results in $36.6 Million Verdict,$12.9 Million Settlement by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In 2010, William Jennings was booked into Michigan’s Genesee ...

Michigan Prisoner Obtains $2,000 Settlement in Group Strip Search Suit

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

Filed under: Strip Searches, Settlements

Michigan Prisoner Obtains $2,000 Settlement in Group Strip Search Suit by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On February 10, 2017, Mario Cavin, incarcerated at the Bellamy Creek Correctional ...

$150,000 Settlement after Michigan DOC Discriminates Against HIV Positive Prisoner

Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Discrimination, HIV/AIDS, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act

$150,000 Settlement after Michigan DOC Discriminates Against HIV Positive Prisoner by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss John Dorn sued the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) for subjecting ...

Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, MI, settlement, discrimination against prisoners with HIV, 2018

Brief • November 6, 2018

Filed under: Retaliation, HIV/AIDS, Conditions of Confinement, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, MI, settlement, discrimination against prisoners with HIV, 2018 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.486 Page 1 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359 ...

$99,000 Settlement Reached in Negligent Enforcement of Protection Order Case

Article • July 26, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Police

$99,000 Settlement Reached in Negligent Enforcement of Protection Order Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The family of Jessica Ann Monroe-Mead agreed to a $99,000 ...

Michigan Jail Wrongful Death Suit Settles for $500,000

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

Filed under: Settlements, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

at the Midland County jail in Michigan has settled for $500,000. The Midland Daily News reported the settlement was reached following mediation. Jack Brian Marden was arrested on February 4, 2015 on a felony ...

Hall v. Martin et al, MI, Order, case settled, 2015

Brief • June 18, 2015

Filed under: Settlements

Hall v. Martin et al, MI, Order, case settled, 2015

Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, MI, amended complaint, discrimination against prisoners with HIV, 2015

Brief • May 27, 2015

Filed under: Retaliation, HIV/AIDS, Restraints, Complaints, Americans with Disabilities Act, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, MI, amended complaint, discrimination against prisoners with HIV, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM Doc #15 Filed 05/27/15 Page 1 of 22 Page ID#75 IN THE UNITED ...

McBride v. MDOC, MI, Class Action Complaint, Deaf Inmate Communication, 2015

Brief • March 31, 2015

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Complaints, Americans with Disabilities Act, RLUIPA, Telephone Access, Video Visitation, First Amendment

McBride v. MDOC, MI, Class Action Complaint, Deaf Inmate Communication, 2015 2:15-cv-11222-SFC-DRG Doc # 1 Filed 03/31/15 Pg 1 of 51 Pg ID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN ...

City of Flint Settles Mass Arrest and Strip Search Suit for $900,000.00

Article • July 15, 2010

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Police Misconduct, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Settlements, False Arrest

City of Flint Settles Mass Arrest and Strip Search Suit for $900,000.00 by On December 14, 2009, the City of Flint agreed to pay $900,000 to more than 100 young men and women who were detained, charged with a crime, strip searched, and, in some cases, body cavity searched for …