Andrew Fields v. Federal Bureau of Prisons Published Opinion
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Entries by Mark Krudys
Va. health staff failed Irvo Otieno as he suffocated, experts say
Originally published by the Washington Post on July 26, 2024. Virginia authorities moved quickly to investigate after Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man, was suffocated on the floor of a state psychiatric hospital in March 2023. By the following week, seven officers and three hospital orderlies who piled on him had been charged with second-degree […]
New Cause of Action Adopted for Inmates Claiming Excessive Force
Article by Bernie Pazanowski for Bloomberg Law. July 25, 2024, 3:12 PM EDT Inmate claimed officers acted outside of prison policies Money damages for constitutional violation is permissible A federal prison inmate may proceed with his suit for money damages against individual officers who allegedly used excessive force against him, the Fourth Circuit said Thursday. The […]
‘How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates
BY SARAH RANKIN Updated 2:49 AM EDT, May 19, 2024 Originally published by AP News. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: “unbearable” conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were repeatedly treated for hypothermia. “How do you […]
Williams: Irvo Otieno’s family needs the Justice Department, without delay
Originally published on May 10, 2024 MIKE KROPF, Richmond-Times Dispatch When Ann Cabell Baskervill announced she was resigning as Dinwiddie County commonwealth’s attorney to attend graduate school in France, it wasn’t hard to foresee her dream becoming an American nightmare for Kenyan immigrant Caroline Ouko. Ouko is the mother of Irvo Otieno, 28, who died of […]
2 Virginia prison supervisors named in death of a disabled inmate in amended suit
Original Article NPR | By Jaclyn Diaz Published January 14, 2024 at 5:36 PM ET Attorneys representing the sister of Charles Givens — a disabled inmate at Virginia’s Marion Correctional Treatment Center who died after allegedly being beaten by correctional staff — have filed a new federal complaint now naming two prison supervisors. NPR first wrote […]
Henrico hospital failed to stabilize Irvo Otieno’s crisis, report says. Then he died.
Original Article The findings revealed hospital staff failed to provide the necessary stabilizing treatment after Otieno was “presented to the emergency department with an emergency medical condition.” By: Tyler Layne , Melissa Hipolit Posted at 5:11 PM, Dec 18, 2023 and last updated 8:59 AM, Dec 19, 2023 HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — HCA Healthcare’s Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, the hospital where […]
Danny Zemel Named Chair of the Civil Rights and Employment Section of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Our very own Danny Zemel has recently been chosen to head the Civil Rights and Employment section of the VTLA.
Mark Krudys presents a CLE on securities arbitrations
On October 18, 2022, Mark Krudys and Texas attorney Sam Edwards presented “Securities Arbitration: Can I Handle One?” to a national group of attorneys.
“Effectively Handling Police Excessive Force Cases”
Mark Krudys and Danny Zemel co-authored Effectively Handling Police Excessive Force Cases, which was published in the most recent edition of The VTLA Journal (Vol. 28, No. 2).