When he became medically distressed, behaving in an "erratic and abnormal" manner, according to documents cited in the lawsuit, corrections officers "physically restrained and pepper sprayed" Hill before taking him to medical.
According to the lawsuit, a corrections officer was assigned to check in on Sabbie throughout the night, but failed to do so and falsely claimed she did.
His lawsuit also named state corrections secretary Jeffrey Beard, deputy secretary Michael Klopotoski, and the district attorney herself, Jackie Musto Carroll.
Some say that lawsuits against police and correction officers impede their job and interfere with the way they conduct themselves from day to day.
For The Record Los Angeles Times Tuesday November 04, 2003 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 0 inches; 27 words Type of Material: Correction Patients' lawsuits -- An article in Sunday's Section A about lawsuits against health plans had a headline that incorrectly referred to two appeals court rulings as verdicts.
To a large extent, a lawsuit against the police or corrections department is no different from a lawsuit against an insurance company or a big corporation.
Late last year, the county settled a federal lawsuit brought after correction officers beat an inmate to death in 1999.
Today's brief work stoppage was the latest problem at the Nassau County Correctional Center, which was forced to change its policies to end a federal lawsuit brought after correction officers beat an inmate to death in 1999.
Eleven current and former inmates in New York City's jails have filed a lawsuit charging that correction officials have tolerated and even condoned the unprovoked beatings of inmates by guards, resulting in serious injuries to prisoners and millions of dollars in legal settlements paid by the city.
The Southern Poverty Law Center in February filed a lawsuit against Georgia department of corrections officials on behalf of Ashley Diamond, a transgender woman.
