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Philadelphia Agrees to $9.1 Million Settlement for Wrongful Murder Conviction

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

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Murder/Felony Murder

on death row. The settlement ends the saga for Ogrod, but the underlying murder remains unsolved. The naked, wet body of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn was found on July 12, 1988, partially covered ...

Philadelphia Held in Contempt of Jail Conditions Settlement, Ordered to Pay $25 Million

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

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Settlements, Contempt (Civil Procedure), Policy Considerations, Fines

Philadelphia Held in Contempt of Jail Conditions Settlement, Ordered to Pay $25 Million by On July 12, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held ...

$177,500 in Settlements Reached with Detainees Assaulted by Guards at Pennsylvania Jail

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

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

$177,500 in Settlements Reached with Detainees Assaulted by Guards at Pennsylvania Jail by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye Settlement agreements totaling $177,500 were approved in the winter ...

After $10 Million Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Mugshot Class-Action, Fewer-Than-Expected Claims Leave Windfall for Expungement Program

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

Filed under: Settlements, Expungement/Removal, Class Actions

After $10 Million Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Mugshot Class-Action, Fewer-Than-Expected Claims Leave Windfall for Expungement Program by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In September ...

$100,000 Paid by Pennsylvania DOC to Family of Pro Se Prisoner Litigant Who Committed Suicide

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

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

was turned over to DOC, Snider suffered abuse and neglect at Clinton County Correctional Facility, for which he sued and accepted a $30,000 settlement in November 2018. [See: PLN, Aug. 2019, p.38.] After he ...

$23,000 Settlement Against Pennsylvania Dental Healthcare Company for Inadequate Dental Care

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

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Settlements

$23,000 Settlement Against Pennsylvania Dental Healthcare Company for Inadequate Dental Care by Charles Talbert settled with Correctional Dental Associates (CDA) and Dental Practitioner Dr ...

Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania County Over Prisoner’s Death in Restraint Chair Settled for $3 Million

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

Filed under: Restraints, Settlements, Police--Excessive Force

million settlement in a lawsuit brought by the family of a Pennsylvania jail prisoner who died after being held in a restraint chair with his face covered by a “spit mask” because guards mistook ...

$2,800 Verdict As Jury Finds Pennsylvania Jail Discriminated Against Women Prisoners in Reentry Center

Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Settlements, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry

$2,800 Verdict As Jury Finds Pennsylvania Jail Discriminated Against Women Prisoners in Reentry Center by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Pennsylvania state court jury found on November 19 ...

York County, Pennsylvania Reaches $550,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Involving Woman Murdered by Ex-Boyfriend

Article • October 25, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Sentencing, Wrongful Death

York County, Pennsylvania Reaches $550,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Involving Woman Murdered by Ex-Boyfriend by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to a report released on July 23 ...

$30,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Pretrial Detainee Subjected to Excessive Force

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

Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Medical, Excessive Force, Settlements, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

$30,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Pretrial Detainee Subjected to Excessive Force by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A $30,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit alleging that guards ...

$60,000 Settlement for Female Pennsylvania Prisoner in Sexual Assault Suit

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

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

$60,000 Settlement for Female Pennsylvania Prisoner in Sexual Assault Suit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit claiming a female prisoner ...

$30,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Excessive Strip Search Suit

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

Filed under: Strip Searches, Settlements

$30,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Excessive Strip Search Suit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County Prison (LCP) paid $30,000 to settle a lawsuit ...

$4.75 Million Settlement for Pennsylvania Teenager’s Withdrawal Death in Jail

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

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

$4.75 Million Settlement for Pennsylvania Teenager’s Withdrawal Death in Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The death of a teenager is a sad event. But when it was entirely ...

$10 Million Award for Wrongly Jailed Philadelphia Man

Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Imprisonment

. A jury in the criminal case, as in the civil case, believed that Boozer had been framed, and he was acquitted of the charges on September 18, 2014. Boozer then filed a civil complaint in state court ...

Pennsylvania: Allegheny County Jail Settles Sexual Assault Claim for $32,000

Article • November 7, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

Pennsylvania: Allegheny County Jail Settles Sexual Assault Claim for $32,000 by A settlement of $32,000 was reached with the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) in Pittsburgh, in a federal lawsuit ...

$7,500 Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Suicide

Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018

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

$7,500 Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Suicide by The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) agreed to pay a meager $7,500 to settle a lawsuit that alleged its employees failed ...

$7 Million Settlement for Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Suicide at Private Prison

Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides

$7 Million Settlement for Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Suicide at Private Prison by A $7 million settlement was reached in the suicide death of a mentally ill prisoner at the George W. Hill ...

Bickhart v. Wetzel, PA, Complaint, Hanging Suicide, 2017

Brief • May 18, 2017

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Complaints, Mental Health, Suicides, Failure to Protect (Staff)

Bickhart v. Wetzel, PA, Complaint, Hanging Suicide, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00873-SES Document 1 Filed 05/18/17 Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ...

Sopinski v. Lackawanna County, PA, Settlement, Retaliation for Overtime, 2017

Brief • March 2, 2017

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation against Staff, Settlements, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation

Sopinski v. Lackawanna County, PA, Settlement, Retaliation for Overtime, 2017 ICM JOSEPH J. JOYCE, PITTSTON SCRANTON 9 N. Main St., Suite 4 Pittston, PA 18640 116 N. Washington Ave., Suite 2E ...

Young v. Beard, PA, Settlement Agreement, Release, 2016

Brief • January 22, 2016

Filed under: Settlements

Young v. Beard, PA, Settlement Agreement, Release, 2016 ...