On April 28, 2003, Davont Pindle settled his negligence claim against Aramark Corporation and the District of Columbia for $2,000. Pindle claimed that on June 5, 2000, while eating in the dining hall at the Lorton Maximum Security Prison, he bit down on a piece of glass or other hard ...
On October 29, 2008, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) agreed to settle a false arrest suit for $150,000.
The suit, filed by Sheba Love and Sherry Glaser, members of Breasts Not Bombs, alleged that Love and Glaser were unlawfully arrested for protesting topless in front of the California State Capitol ...
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 Carlson went to dental sick-call. Carlson told dental staff that he had certain ...
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 for religious reasons before staff at the Stafford Creek Correctional Center forced him to cut it. ...
On May 23, 2007, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5,000 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 ...
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 disclosure request to the DOC for records concerning wage audits of private contractors ...
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 Witt to return to work from October 15, 2001 to December ...
On December 14, 2009, the City of Flint agreed to pay $900,000 to more than 100 young men and women who were detained, charged with a crime, strip searched, and, in some cases, body cavity searched for simply being at a licensed dance club.
On March 20, 2005, undercover police ...
Loaded on
July 15, 2010
published in Verdict1
July, 2010, page 16
In April 2009, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas awarded $355,000 to Robert Duvall for injuries he suffered when he was denied medical treatment at the Dallas County Jail. Less than three months later, Dallas County settled two similar lawsuits for a ...
Loaded on
July 15, 2010
published in Verdict1
July, 2010, page 20
Butler County, Pennsylvania has agreed to settle a medical deliberate indifference lawsuit for $55,000. In April 2006, James Raub was arrested and taken to the Butler County Prison. During the booking process, he told guards and a nurse that he was in pain and wanted to be sent to a ...