by David M. Reutter
A half-million dollar settlement was paid to the family of a Maryland prisoner who died when prison officials used excessive pepper spray while extracting him from his cell, and then failed to provide medical care.
After state prisoner Ifeanyi A. Iko was involved in a violent ...
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Aug. 15, 2010
published in Verdict1
August, 2010, page 26
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 responding to a 911 call, Deputy Steve Cox of the King County Sheriff’s ...
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Aug. 15, 2010
published in Verdict1
August, 2010, page 35
Pierce County, Washington has paid $120,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed its policies were deliberately indifferent to the risk of suicide by pretrial detainees at the Pierce County Detention and Corrections Center (PCDCC). The City of Lakewood paid an additional $20,000 to settle the case.
The suit was ...
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Aug. 15, 2010
published in Verdict1
August, 2010, page 41
On August 11, 2009, the City of New York agreed to settle a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit brought by a former prisoner who alleged that he was beaten without provocation by guards at the George Motchan Detention Center.
In November 2006, while on his way to court, Severiano Martinez ...
by David M. Reutter
A $145,000 settlement by the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC) provides a new twist in the area of immigration law. The main allegation in the complaint was that the DOC had violated a detainee’s rights by holding him for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...
The Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) has agreed to pay $125,000 to the family of a prisoner who died from pneumonia caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
On March 27, 2008, Jeremy Swaser was given a check-up by medical staff at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. He had ...
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Aug. 15, 2010
published in Verdict1
August, 2010, page 48
On November 19, 2008, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $38,000 to a woman who was improperly 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 ...
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 and he asked him to stop. The guard ...
Plaintiff Frank L. Patterson sued the District of Columbia for injuries sustained when a prison security gate closed on a bus that he and other prisoners were being transported in. The case, filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, settled on May 2, 2000, for $3,500.
According ...
On January 30, 2001, plaintiff Frank Patterson settled for $6,000 a federal lawsuit alleging excessive use of force by a guard employed by the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. The suit, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. ...