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$500,000 Default Judgment for Tennessee Woman Sexually Assaulted by Probation Officer
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Default Judgments, Assaults on Staff, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release
by asking personal questions and seeking pictures, including sexually explicit pictures. In the complaint she filed, McPeters alleged that Thomas demanded a visit at her home and that he arrived wearing his ...
Court Approves $1,250,000 Settlement in Suit Against Tennessee County for Fair Labor Violations
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Fair Labor Standards Act
Court Approves $1,250,000 Settlement in Suit Against Tennessee County for Fair Labor Violations by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 10, 2019, the U.S. District Court ...
The Marshall Project v. Memphis Shelby Crime Commission, Stipulation, Settlement Agreement, 2020
Brief • February 6, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Public Records, Public Records Act
The Marshall Project v. Memphis Shelby Crime Commission, Stipulation, Settlement Agreement, 2020 IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE THE MARSHALL PROJECT and WENDI THOMAS, Petitioners ...
Tennessee County Settles Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Use of Force Claim for $160,000
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Excessive Force, Settlements
the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, T.C.A. § 29-20-101, et seq. The settlement was reached in January 2019. Aggravated assault charges remain pending against Snipes and Lloyd, who are free ...
$550,000 Settlement for Detainee Rendered Quadriplegic by Guard’s Excessive Force
Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Filed under: Skeletal Injury, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements
$550,000 Settlement for Detainee Rendered Quadriplegic by Guard’s Excessive Force by The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee agreed to pay $550,000 to settle ...
Miller v. Maddox, TN, Resolution to Settle, Police Misconduct and False Statements, 2018
Brief • September 18, 2018
Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Settlements, False Arrest, Fourth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
prosecution claim arising out of charges for reckless driving and resisting arrest on August 31, 2011; and, WHEREAS, after investigation, the Metropolitan Department of Law believes that the settlement listed ...
PLN Postcard-only Suit Against Knox County, Tennessee Settles for $87,000
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Publications/Books, PLN Litigation, Censorship
at a jail in Knoxville, Tennessee. The complaint centered around the censorship of 147 pieces of mail sent to prisoners at the Knox County jail between November 2014 and when the suit was filed in October ...
Wrongful Death Suit Against Tennessee Town Settles for $6,000
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Accidents
’s death, which was attributed to a multi-drug overdose. The settlement, which dismissed the lawsuit by stipulation, covered the cost of Honaker’s funeral expenses. See: Honaker v. City ...
$14.3 Million Settlement for Probationers Subject to Extortion by Private Company
Article • May 8, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Private Contractors, Settlements, Probation
$14.3 Million Settlement for Probationers Subject to Extortion by Private Company by Pathways (formerly Providence) Community Corrections (PCC) and officials in Rutherford County, Tennessee ...
Mhoon v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville, TN, Settlement, Excessive Force Paralysis, 2018
Brief • August 8, 2015
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Amputations, Eighth Amendment, Jail Specific, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
Mhoon v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville, TN, Settlement, Excessive Force Paralysis, 2018 Resolution No. RS2018-1192 A resolution authorizing the Metropolitan Department of Law to compromise ...
$10.5 Million Settlement in Tennessee Juvenile’s Death Caused by Guard’s Chokehold
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Settlements
$10.5 Million Settlement in Tennessee Juvenile’s Death Caused by Guard’s Chokehold by The privately-operated Chad Youth Enhancement Center (Chad) in Ashland City, Tennessee paid $10.5 ...
$130,000 Settlement in Tennessee Jail Prisoner’s Beating, Rape
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Settlements, False Arrest
$130,000 Settlement in Tennessee Jail Prisoner’s Beating, Rape by Local officials in Shelby County, Tennessee paid $130,000 to settle a lawsuit by a man who was beaten and raped while held ...
Civilian's Fall At Michigan Federal Prison Settles For $80,000
Article • March 15, 2009
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Federal Tort Claims Act, Premises Liability
Claims Act. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan approved the settlement agreement and ordered each party to bear their own costs of litigation. See: Sexton v. United States, USDC ...
$12,773.46 Settlement After BOP Vehicle Rear Ends Motorist
Article • February 15, 2009
Filed under: Work Conditions/Safety, Damages, Settlements, Federal Tort Claims Act, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability, Parole Liability
$12,773.46 Settlement After BOP Vehicle Rear Ends Motorist by Tennessee resident Beverly Oliver brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996 after being rear ended ...
$50,000 Settlement In Memphis Policeman's Training Injury
Article • February 15, 2009
Filed under: Damages, Settlements, Federal Tort Claims Act, Premises Liability, Employee Litigation, Police
$50,000 Settlement In Memphis Policeman's Training Injury by Memphis (Tennessee) policeman Michael Cockerell and his wife Linda brought a federal tort action against the United States ...
$2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner’s 2004 Beating Death Revealed
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Misconduct, Excessive Force, Court Access, Judiciary, Settlements, Disclosure of Records, Contractor Liability
$2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner’s 2004 Beating Death Revealed by Alex Friedmann $2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner's 2004 Beating Death Revealed by Alex ...