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$220,000 Settlement After Woman Dies in Ohio Jail From Drug Withdrawal

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

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

$220,000 Settlement After Woman Dies in Ohio Jail From Drug Withdrawal by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso With signing of a settlement agreement on September 11, 2024, Ohio’s ...

$40,000 Paid to Ohio Detainee Kicked in the Face While Restrained

Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Settlements

Cincinnati jail detainee after she accepted a $40,000 settlement from the Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners for an assault by jail guards four year earlier. The day after Courtney Walters ...

Ohio Supreme Court Awards Prisoner $700 From Sheriff Who Failed to Comply with Public Records Request

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

Filed under: Settlements, Public Records

Ohio Supreme Court Awards Prisoner $700 From Sheriff Who Failed to Comply with Public Records Request by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 19, 2023, the Supreme Court of Ohio awarded prisoner Franklin Woods $700 in statutory damages against the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) for failure to comply …

Ohio County Pays $2.5 Million for Photographing Female Detainees’ Tattooed Private Areas

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

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Photographing, Settlements

Keach, III, along with Nicholas A. Migliaccio and Jason S. Rathod of Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, McDonald ultimately filed an amended complaint seeking certification of a class of plaintiffs who were ...

Ohio County Pays $4 Million To Settle Claim Over Death of Jail Detainee

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

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

and ultimatums — tactics “antithetical to the correctional setting,” the settlement noted — before ordering an extraction team to enter the holding cell and seize Rios to place him ...

Ohio Supreme Court Partially Reinstates Prisoner’s Pro Se Public Records Request, Sets Damages for Denial at $1,000

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

Filed under: Settlements, Public Records

Ohio Supreme Court Partially Reinstates Prisoner’s Pro Se Public Records Request, Sets Damages for Denial at $1,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 23, 2021, the Supreme Court ...

$17.5 Million Paid to Ohio Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Brutal Attack by Guards

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

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

a $17,500,000 settlement to conclude the civil rights complaint filed on his behalf against guards at Chillicothe Correctional Institution (CCI), after the developmentally disabled 21-year-old was the victim ...

$140,000 Settlement in Ohio Jail Beating, Retaliation Case

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

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Failure to Treat, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

$140,000 Settlement in Ohio Jail Beating, Retaliation Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Jail (CCJ) agreed to a $140,000 settlement on February 14, 2020 ...

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Class Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020

Brief • April 30, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Trust Accounts

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Class Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 16. PageID #: 1637 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Amended Stipulation of Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020

Brief • April 30, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Trust Accounts

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Amended Stipulation of Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-1 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 25. PageID #: 1653 EXHIBIT 1 ...

Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Class Settlement Notice, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020

Brief • April 30, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Class Notice, Trust Accounts

were excessive and that cardholders did not consent to receive their funds on a pre-paid debit card or to pay fees to Defendants. The amended complaint in the lawsuit is posted on the Settlement website ...

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Amended Preliminary Approval Order, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020

Brief • April 30, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Trust Accounts

”) and Defendants have entered into an Amended Stipulation of Settlement, filed on April, 30, 2020 (the “Amended Stipulation”), after lengthy arms-length settlement discussions and mediation; AND WHEREAS, the Court ...

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, OH, Amended Order, Attorney Fees, 2019

Brief • October 1, 2019

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Settlements

., Case No. 1:18-cv-01050 (the “Civil Action”) and Defendants have entered into a Stipulation of Settlement, filed on September 20, 2019 (the “Stipulation”), after lengthy arms-length settlement discussions ...

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, OH, Motion, Approve Settlement, 2019

Brief • September 20, 2019

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Settlements

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, OH, Motion, Approve Settlement, 2019 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 97 Filed: 09/20/19 1 of 15. PageID #: 1532 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO ...

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, OH, Settlement, Conditions of Settlement, 2019.

Brief • September 20, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Class Actions

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, OH, Settlement, Conditions of Settlement, 2019. Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 97-1 Filed: 09/20/19 1 of 25. PageID #: 1547 EXHIBIT 1 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 97 ...

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, OH, Order, Administering Settlement, 2019

Brief • September 20, 2019

Filed under: Settlements

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, OH, Order, Administering Settlement, 2019 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 97-3 Filed: 09/20/19 1 of 5. PageID #: 1584 EXHIBIT B Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 97-3 ...

Humpfrey v. Stored Value Cards, OH, Evidence, Pre-Paid Debit Card Settlement, 2019

Brief • September 20, 2019

Filed under: Attorney Client, Settlements

were excessive and that cardholders did not consent to receive their funds on a pre-paid debit card or to pay fees to Defendants. The amended complaint in the lawsuit is posted on the Settlement website ...

Ohio County Pays $115,000 to Settle Second Suit Over Restraint Chair Pepper-Spraying

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

Filed under: Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Settlements

Wade was on the floor, Eversole put his knee on the middle of his back. Wade asked why they were doing this as he was not resisting. According to his subsequent complaint, Wade was taken ...

Ohio County Jail Settles PLN Censorship Suit for $45,000

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

Filed under: Settlements, PLN Litigation, Censorship

on October 12, 2018. The lawsuit had raised claims under both the First and Fourteenth Amendments. In its October 2017 complaint, HRDC wrote that the Greene County jail had “adopted and implemented ...

Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards, DBA Numi Financial, et al, OH, opinion and order, class certification, unfair debit card fees, 2018

Brief • November 16, 2018

Filed under: Settlements, Filing Fees

. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : CASE NO. 1:18-CV-1050 OPINION & ORDER [Resolving Doc. 32] JAMES S. GWIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE: Plaintiff Amber Humphrey brings this class action complaint against Defendants Stored Bank Cards ...