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Families of New Jersey Jail Suicide Victims Still Waiting for Settlement Payouts

Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024

Filed under: Attorney Misconduct, Settlements, Suicides

Families of New Jersey Jail Suicide Victims Still Waiting for Settlement Payouts by Families who lost loved ones to suicide in New Jersey’s Cumberland County Jail (CCJ) were still ...

Almost $2.4 Million in Settlements For Seven Suicides at New Jersey Jail

Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023

Filed under: Settlements, Suicides

care for transient populations held in jails. For prison profiteers, lawsuits are just part of the business model, as they calculate settlements or verdicts are more cost effective than providing ...

$170,000 Damages and Fees As New Jersey Prisons Settle Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy

Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022

Filed under: Settlements, Failure to Protect (Transgender)

” how they treat complaints, allegedly beating her before charging her with assaulting them, leading to a disciplinary sentence of 271 days solitary confinement. Doe filed suit in Superior Court ...

Settlement for New Jersey Special Needs Prisoner Students Includes Damages, Fees and Education

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

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Settlements, Education (Juveniles), Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Class Actions

Settlement for New Jersey Special Needs Prisoner Students Includes Damages, Fees and Education by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On July 15, 2021, a settlement agreement and order was entered in U.S ...

$170,000 Settlement and New Policy on Gender Identity from Lawsuit Against New Jersey DOC

Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021

Filed under: Settlements, Discrimination (Transgender)

$170,000 Settlement and New Policy on Gender Identity from Lawsuit Against New Jersey DOC by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The New Jersey Department of Corrections had a policy of housing ...

New Jersey County Pays $1,975,000 to Settle Suit Over Unlawful Strip Searches

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

Filed under: Strip Searches, Settlements

of $10,000 each was awarded from the settlement fund to class representatives Richard Wright and April Wedding. Another named plaintiff, Edward Bizarro, died before the settlement was reached. Ocean County ...

Ex-Prisoner Awarded $150,000 after 'Savage Beating' Arranged by Guards

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

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

on Woodruff’s lawsuit or the county’s settlement. See: Woodruff v. Strada, Sussex County Superior Court (NJ), Case No. SSX-L-281-15. Additional sources: www.nj.com, www.njherald.com ...

New Jersey Student Receives $290,000 Settlement after July 4 Police Assault

Article • May 9, 2018

Filed under: Medical, Injury -- Misc., Excessive Force, Settlements, Staff Training, Excessive Force (Police)

New Jersey Student Receives $290,000 Settlement after July 4 Police Assault by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Jonathan Wilson, a 22-year-old student and resident of Middletown, New ...

Jersey City Settles Police Negligence Suit for $300,000

Article • April 20, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Police

closing arguments were to be made at trial, the city and Franco agreed to a $300,000 settlement with Murray. The city's claim against Velez was dismissed for lack of evidence showing what injuries could ...

Woodruff v. County of Sussex, NJ, Settlement, Jail Assault, 2017

Brief • October 4, 2017

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Eighth Amendment, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

Woodruff v. County of Sussex, NJ, Settlement, Jail Assault, 2017 GENERAL RELEASE THIS RELEASE (hereafter "Agreement") is made between Robert Woodruff ("Plaintiff'') and the County of Sussex, Michael ...

Settlement and $325,000 Attorney Fee Award in Suit over Jail Conditions at Passaic County Jail

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Eighth Amendment, Jail Specific, Settlements

Settlement and $325,000 Attorney Fee Award in Suit over Jail Conditions at Passaic County Jail by Matthew Clarke On February 23, 2012, the American Civil liberties Union (ACLU) and Seton Ha ...

Taylor v Howell, NJ, Complaint, Excessive Force Death, 2015

Brief • November 12, 2015

Filed under: Complaints, Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

Taylor v Howell, NJ, Complaint, Excessive Force Death, 2015 11/ if/ 4tjl. 'rue a:12 FAx 7327805002 mallcm 6 Tranger Law archangel Case 3:15-cv-08043-MLC-TJB Document 1 Filed 1.1/12/15 Page 1 ...

Redacted Settlement Agreements, NJ

Brief • November 12, 2013

Filed under: Settlements, Juveniles

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NJ Parole Class Action Settled

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Prompt Hearings, Settlements, Class Certification, Parole

for its consistent failure to conduct timely parole hearings, warranted certification as a class action for the purpose of settlement. Once that issue was resolved, the court found the proposed settlement ...

$16 Million Agreement to Revamp NJ Prison Mental Health Care

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

Filed under: Hearing Officers, Staff Assistance, Staffing, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

$16 Million Agreement to Revamp NJ Prison Mental Health Care by A federal district court in New Jersey has approved a $16 million settlement in a class-action suit against state prison ...

Male NJ Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $425,000

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

Filed under: Staff-Staff Harassment, Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Men, Damages, Settlements, Employee Litigation

. As part of the settlement the state of New Jersey admitted to no wrongdoing and Ferri agreed to retire. Sexual harassment claims by men are sometimes referred to as "reverse discrimination" suits ...

New Jersey Jail Settles Chemical Burn Suit for $900,000

Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999

Filed under: Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Boot Camps, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Burning, Damages, Settlements, Municipal Liability

New Jersey Jail Settles Chemical Burn Suit for $900,000 by On April 20, 1999, Atlantic County, New Jersey, paid $900,000 to settle a lawsuit involving extensive chemical burns suffered by a prisoner forced to do calisthenics in a pit filled with caustic chemicals. David Zamot was a non violent offender …

New Jersey MCU Suit Settled

Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996

Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Racial Discrimination, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Special Masters, Ad-Seg Hearings

New Jersey MCU Suit Settled by On December 22, 1995, the federal district court in New Jersey signed a settlement order dismissing a class action suit filed by prisoners in New Jersey's ...