Washington State’s Pierce County paid $8,460 to settle a county employee’s grievance for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Pierce County guard Kelly R. Berg was diagnosed with chronic common migraine and obstructed sleep apnea. Her treating physician, Dr. Galvon, sent several letters to Pierce County outlining her ...
The State of Washington has agreed to pay $275,000 to a female Department of Corrections (DOC) employee who experienced harassment because of her gender, and retaliation as a result of an EEOC complaint about the matter.
Carol Grandmontagne filed a tort claim claiming that she was demoted from her Associate ...
On July 10, 2007, the State of Washington agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who fell from his bunk.
Jody Allen Miller was assigned to a lower bunk at the Wall Walla Washington State Penitentiary during intake for medical reasons. Miller was initially placed in a lower bunk, but ...
On January 14, 2005, the County of Sacramento agreed to settle a suit for $25,000 for alleged negligence by Sacramento County Main Jail (SCMJ) staff in providing a prisoner with her medication.
Prior to Tabitha Overton’s incarceration in 2002, she received a liver transplant. SCMJ staff was aware that Overton ...
In August of 2006, the County of Sacramento agreed to settle a tort claim brought by a prisoner who alleged that he was assaulted by a guard at the Sacramento County Main Jail. The terms of the settlement require the County to pay the prisoner $500, and waive $4,502.04 the ...
The California Department of Corrections paid $50,000 to settle the lawsuit of James Young for employment discrimination and retaliation.
On October 13, 2004, Young testified at a court hearing for coworker Julie Nicholson about a sexual harassment lawsuit she filed against the Department of Corrections in Los Angeles. In that ...
The District of Columbia paid $3,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Lawrence Davis, Jr. for injuries sustained due to medical negligence.
While at the D.C. jail on September 5, 2001, Davis requested medical care for a problem with his left foot. His condition continued to worsen, despite written and ...
City of Salem Settles §1983 Suit for $105,000
The City of Salem, Oregon has agreed to settle a civil rights suit that raised a variety of different claims surrounding the arrest and detention of a family and their children.
On February 18, 2005, Salem police executed a search warrant at ...
On August 2, 2007, the City of New York agreed to settle a suit brought by a handicapped man who was injured while being transported to Rikers Island.
According to Devin Sayers’ complaint, guards did not secure his wheelchair to the floor of the van that was used to take ...
On April 1, 2008, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $87,000 to a former prisoner who was incarcerated 339 days beyond his lawful release date.
On September 7, 2000, Chris Weddle was sentenced for unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance. The DOC computed Weddle’s sentence as 57 ...