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$9.9 Million Paid to Washington Prisoner Whose Misdiagnosed Cancer Is Now Terminal

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

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Malpractice, Settlements

and her family $9.9 million for failing to diagnose and treat her uterine cancer, leaving the disease to spread and become terminal. Unfortunately, while the settlement amount is unique, the agency’s ...

$3.75 Million Settlement for Estate of Washington Prisoner Who Died From Untreated Breast Cancer

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

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

$3.75 Million Settlement for Estate of Washington Prisoner Who Died From Untreated Breast Cancer by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 17, 2022, the Washington Department ...

$1.4 Million Paid by King County, Washington to Settle Juvenile Solitary Confinement Class Action

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

Filed under: Settlements, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Class Actions

of Washington approved a class-action settlement awarding 76 juvenile offenders a total of $1,357,665, or $500 a day for their solitary confinement at two adult jails in King County. The court also approved ...

Washington Pays $3 Million to Murdered Prisoner’s Family After Overriding Single-Cell Recommendation for Violent Cellmate

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

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

million settlement in July 2021 [See: PLN, June 2022, p.20], DOC paid out in 2021 a sum many times the $1.4 million in legal settlements it paid the prior year, according to state risk-management data ...

HRDC v. Uttecht; et. al., WA, Complaint, 2020

Brief • December 9, 2020

Filed under: Complaints, PLN Litigation, Censorship

and are only partially quoted in this Complaint. COMPLAINT - 10 9870.16 nl090301 MACDONALD HOAGUE & BAYLESS 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104 Tel 206.622.1604 Fax 206.343.3961 Case 4:20 ...

Washington: Jail Detainee Obtains $1 Million Settlement for Spinal Injury

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

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

Washington: Jail Detainee Obtains $1 Million Settlement for Spinal Injury by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Bryan Telford, who was held as a pretrial detainee at the King County Correctional ...

Trueblood, et al. v. WA State Department of Social and Health Services, second amended complaint, class action, mental health services, 2014

Brief • September 12, 2014

Filed under: Jail Specific, Complaints, Americans with Disabilities Act, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Trueblood, et al. v. WA State Department of Social and Health Services, second amended complaint, class action, mental health services, 2014 Case 2:14-cv-01178-MJP Document 24 Filed 09/12/14 Page 1 ...

Washington State Federal Court: Unconstitutional to Shackle Prisoner in Labor

Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010

Filed under: OB/GYN, Restraints, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Mothers in Prison

Washington State Federal Court: Unconstitutional to Shackle Prisoner in Labor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 3, 2010, a U.S. District Court in Washington State held it was unconstitutional to shackle a prisoner in labor. Cassandra Brawley, 30, was a Washington state prisoner. In 2006 she was arrested …

Washington State Pays $6.4 Million for Failure to Supervise Parolee

Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010

Filed under: Sexual Assault by Parolees, Settlements, Wrongful Death, Murder by Parolees

the department’s failure to properly supervise a parolee, resulting in a string of violent crimes that included rape and murder. The settlements, filed in Thurston County Superior Court, resolved claims filed ...

Washington DOC Settles MRSA Death Claim for $125,000

Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010

Filed under: Medical, Malpractice, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Swaser’s family threatened to file suit over the prison medical staff’s apparent negligence and deliberate indifference, the DOC agreed to pay $125,000 to settle the matter. The settlement was finalized ...

Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $38,000 in Too-Much-Medicine Suit

Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010

Filed under: Medical, Medication, Seizures, Malpractice, Drug Overdose, Settlements

administered her seizure medication. The settlement resulted after Cindi J. Heihn, a prisoner at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor, filed suit against the DOC in Superior Court. Heihn ...

Washington DOC Pays $3,275,000 to Family of Deputy Killed by Former Prisoner

Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010

Filed under: Work Release, Escapes, Settlements, Wrongful Release, Wrongful Death, Murder by Parolees, Murder by Escapees

Washington DOC Pays $3,275,000 to Family of Deputy Killed by Former Prisoner by In September 2009, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the family of a King County deputy who was murdered by a recently-released prisoner. On December 2, 2006, while …

$140,000 Settlement in Washington Jail Detainee’s Suicide

Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010

Filed under: Staffing, Settlements, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

$140,000 Settlement in Washington Jail Detainee’s Suicide by Pierce County, Washington has paid $120,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed its policies were deliberately indifferent ...

Assaulted Washington Prisoner Paid $2,500 for Injuries

Article • July 15, 2010

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Civil Procedure, Settlements

Assaulted Washington Prisoner Paid $2,500 for Injuries by On June 29, 2004, the state of Washington paid $2,500 to settle with a prisoner who was assaulted by guards at Airway Heights Corrections Center. Prisoner Rockland Barney claimed that on November 11, 2002, a guard was banging on his cell door …

Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $5,000 to a Prisoner Who Was Harassed for Filing a Grievance

Article • July 15, 2010

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Strip Searches, Civil Procedure, Settlements

to a prisoner who was harassed after filing a complaint. Vicki Cole was strip-searched by one guard in violation of DOC policy after a visit. Cole was told by staff to do an emergency grievance over the matter ...

Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $15,000 to Settle Public Records Act Suit

Article • July 15, 2010

Filed under: Work, Prison Industries, Settlements, Disclosure of Records

Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $15,000 to Settle Public Records Act Suit by On October 18, 2005, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $15,000 to two prisoners who requested, but were denied, information under the Washington Public Disclosure Act. Leslie Pounds and Shawn Greenhalgh sent a public …

Washington DOC Pays $5,000 to Man Denied Ability to Work

Article • July 15, 2010

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Employee Litigation

Washington DOC Pays $5,000 to Man Denied Ability to Work by On December 26, 2005, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5,000 to a man who was denied the ability to work. After Daniel Witt was released to work by his doctor, the DOC refused to allow …

Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Who Suffered Allergic Reaction

Article • July 15, 2010

Filed under: Medical, Dental Care, Allergy, Settlements

Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Who Suffered Allergic Reaction by On February 15, 2006, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who was knowingly exposed to a substance he was allergic to during a dental exam. On April 20, 2005, Douglas …

Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Who Was Forced to Cut His Hair

Article • July 15, 2010

Filed under: Grooming Rules, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Religious Grooming

Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Who Was Forced to Cut His Hair by On May 9, 2007, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who was forced to cut his hair. Sebastian Lubers had been growing his hair for five years …

King County, WA Pays $125,000 for Assault on Juvenile Prisoner

Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements

for settling and holding the county harmless, Calhoun received a cash settlement that will pay her dividends until 2018. An immediate $44,000 lump sum payment was made. For two years beginning in 2011, she ...