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Salt Lake County, Utah, Settles Federal Civil Rights Wrongful Death Claim for $950,000

Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

stemming from the in-custody death in 2016 of Lisa Marie Ostler, who died when jail officials ignored her symptoms of serious Crohn’s disease. The settlement concluded a federal civil rights lawsuit ...

$122,000 Payout as Utah Settles Suits Claiming Daggett County Jail Torture

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

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Dogs, Settlements

to those areas. Such an arrangement made the grievance process useless, because the local jails handled the complaints, not DOC. This meant that any complaints against Cox were handled by the person who ...

Vigil v. Crowther, UT, Release of Claims, Prisoner Death, 2018

Brief • January 22, 2018

Filed under: Prison Gangs, Eighth Amendment, Settlements, Failure to Protect (Staff), Staff Training, First Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Vigil v. Crowther, UT, Release of Claims, Prisoner Death, 2018 l'-=J TE G rc IV E JAN 3 I 2rlß UTAH ATTORNF Y Emily A. Swenson, PC ATTORNEY AT LAW 2661 Washington Boulevard, Suite 203 Ogden, Utah 84401 Telephone : 8Ot-409 -027 t Fa csi m i e : 801-62L-487 …

$500,000 in Settlements after Utah Prisoner Dies when Medical Technician Doesn’t Show up for Work

Article • December 7, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Cardiovascular, Failure to Treat, Staffing, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$500,000 in Settlements after Utah Prisoner Dies when Medical Technician Doesn’t Show up for Work by Christopher Zoukis On April 5, 2015, Ramon C. Estrada, 62, incarcerated since 2005, died ...

10th Circuit Reverses Sua Sponte Medical Claim Dismissal

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Skin, Male Reproductive, Failure to Treat, Civil Procedure, Complaints

of the defendants, which is not actionable in a § 1983 lawsuit. The Tenth Circuit read the complaint to allege that defendants knew of his serious medical condition and despite this knowledge, failed to ensure ...

$90,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Suicide

Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

$90,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Suicide by On May 28, 1999, Salt Lake county, Utah, paid $90,000 to the family of a detainee who committed suicide in the county jail. Henry Delgado ...

Utah Jail Settles ADA Suit

Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Conditions of Confinement, Showers, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act, Premises Liability

Utah Jail Settles ADA Suit by On May 6, 1999, Salt Lake County, Utah, settled a lawsuit by paying $2,000 in damages, $4,000 in attorney fees and agreeing to modify its jail for the handicapped. Robert Earls, a former jail detainee, is missing a leg and must use a prosthesis. …

Utah Jail Censorship Suit Settled for $68,682

Article • May 15, 1999 • from PLN May, 1999

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Mail, Publications/Books, Sexually Explicit Materials, Mail Regulations

. Each plaintiff would receive $1 for each day they spent in the jail while the censorship policy was in effect. If any of the plaintiffs cannot be located within one year of the settlement in order ...

Catalyst, PLN, Piper v. Box Elder Co., et al., UT, Settlement, censorship, 1998

Brief • December 11, 1998

Filed under: Settlements, PLN Litigation, Censorship

Catalyst, PLN, Piper v. Box Elder Co., et al., UT, Settlement, censorship, 1998 ...

Catalyst, PLN, Piper v. Box Elder Co., et al., UT, Complaint, censorship, 1998

Brief • November 6, 1998

Filed under: Complaints, PLN Litigation, Censorship

Catalyst, PLN, Piper v. Box Elder Co., et al., UT, Complaint, censorship, 1998 ...

Utah Porn Ban Rescinded; Suit Settled

Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998

Filed under: Settlements, Mail, Sexually Explicit Materials, Mail Regulations

materials that contained "sexually explicit materials." The policy also prohibited prisoners from receiving or possessing any written or printed materials that contained depictions of nudity or partial nudity ...

Probable Cause Required for Visitor Body Cavity Search

Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998

Filed under: Strip Searches, Visitor Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Qualified Immunity, Juveniles

Probable Cause Required for Visitor Body Cavity Search by A federal district court in Utah held that prison officials must have probable cause and a valid search warrant before subjecting a prison visitor to a body cavity search. Stana Laughter is married to a Utah state prisoner. Laughter visited her …