The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office also withheld crucial information on inmate’s death, a lawsuit says A Fremont County jail inmate suffered psychotic delusions and physical abuse by deputies before being found naked and dead on his cell floor in April 2014, according to a federal lawsuit. John Patrick Walter’s death is the fault of Fremont […]
A Fremont County jail inmate died naked on the floor of his cell after he was deprived of a prescription medication and beaten by guards during bouts of withdrawal-related psychosis, a lawsuit alleges. John Patrick Walter, 53, had nine broken ribs and other injuries when Fremont County sheriff’s deputies found him unresponsive while making their […]
MONROE — The family of a man killed at the Monroe Correctional Complex last year has filed a federal lawsuit alleging officers at the prison failed to protect him from a fellow inmate spiraling out of control. Under federal rules, the complaint does not name the state Department of Corrections as a defendant. Instead, it […]
One of the most frequently misunderstood issues in excessive force cases against the police relates to the defense of “qualified immunity.” What is qualified immunity and how can it be overcome? The doctrine of qualified immunity is frequently raised as a defense in cases asserting that the police acted unconstitutionally. Defense attorneys will almost always […]
When pursuing a case for wrongful death in jail, it is important to consider which entities bear potential responsibility for the death. Responsible parties can include the municipality (such as the city or county) that runs the jail, as well as individuals who may have had responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of the […]
When a person dies in police custody, or in jail or prison, one of the most important questions concerns why and how the death occurred. Winning a wrongful death case against a jail, prison or police agency requires more than proving that the jail, prison or police violated the law. It must also be proven […]
One of the main jobs of a police brutality attorney is to ferret out information from the defense. Before a lawsuit is filed with the court, this can be difficult to do. Police officers, their supervisors, and their attorneys are most often tight-lipped about the facts. Rarely will police brutality victims and/or their families be […]
Excessive police force violates the United States Constitution. When a police officer uses excessive force against a citizen, he or she can be held liable for the resulting damages under a federal law called 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. Some people, including many lawyers, assume that if a police officer uses excessive force, then his or […]
Jail death attorneys, Budge & Heipt, have filed a $10 million claim against the King County Jail in Seattle for the wrongful death of a pretrial detainee. The detainee, Nathan Zambryski, died at the jail in May 2015 from complications relating to alcohol withdrawal. Budge & Heipt, the lawyers for the estate of Mr. Zambryski, […]
When an attorney or lawyer reviews a potential police brutality or jail abuse case for the first time, one of the most important questions that needs to examined at the beginning is this: when does the statute of limitations expire? The statute of limitations is critical to know, because it sets the maximum time after […]
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