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Sixth Circuit Upholds $45 Million Verdict for 
Wrongfully Convicted Former Ohio Prisoner
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Sixth Circuit Upholds $45 Million Verdict for Wrongfully Convicted Former Ohio Prisoner by Chuck Sharman A $45 million wrongful conviction award to an exonerated Ohio prisoner was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on May 2, 2025. Miami Township and its Police Department (MTPD) had …
Ohio: Almost $3 Million Settlement in Suit Brought by Two Wrongfully Convicted Men
Article • April 3, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, DNA Testing/Samples, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
at their criminal trials, Busta also testified against them during their 2014 wrongful imprisonment trial. In turn, when Busta was considered for parole in 2017, Resh sent a letter to the parole board opposing his ...
$111,000 Settlement for Wrongfully Incarcerated Ohio Prisoner
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
$111,000 Settlement for Wrongfully Incarcerated Ohio Prisoner by On June 12, 2017, the Ohio Controlling Board voted to settle a wrongful incarceration suit brought by a man whom prosecutors had called a “major supplier” of cocaine, after a judge ignored the reversal of his conviction by an appellate court and …
Man Wrongly Imprisoned on Death Row for 28 Years May Sue Ohio
Article • December 11, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Death Row
theory of the case. In 1993, Johnson filed a wrongful imprisonment lawsuit from death row. It was dismissed because Johnson was unable to prove his innocence. In 2008, the actual murderer confessed ...
Davis v. State of Ohio, OH, Settlement, Wrongful Incarceration, 2017
Brief • April 19, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Forfeiture
Davis v. State of Ohio, OH, Settlement, Wrongful Incarceration, 2017 -... ' . IN THE OHIO COURT OF CLAIMS FRANK C. DAVIS Plaintiff Case No. 2016-00251-WI Judge Patrick M. McGrath Magistrate Holly T. Shaver v. STATE OF OHIO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS Defendant l. This Settlement Agreement …
Gondor v. State of Ohio, OH, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2017
Brief • March 6, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Gondor v. State of Ohio, OH, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO ROBERT GONDOR, et al. Case No. 2015-00921-WI Plaintiffs Judge Patrick M. McGrath v. JOURNAL ENTRY APPROVING SETTLEMENT STATE OF OHIO Defendant The court, being fully advised as to the premises, approves and confirms …
$13 Million Ohio Wrongful Conviction Verdict Upheld by Sixth Circuit
Article • February 21, 2017
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Malicious Prosecution, Informants, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
$13 Million Ohio Wrongful Conviction Verdict Upheld by Sixth Circuit by On December 2, 2014, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court jury verdict which awarded $13 million to a man who spent 12 years in prison for a murder conviction later overturned for malicious prosecution …
Exonerated Ohio Prisoner’s Claim for Improperly Released Medical Record to Proceed
Article • January 3, 2017
Filed under: Medical Records, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Bankruptcy, Privacy Act
Exonerated Ohio Prisoner’s Claim for Improperly Released Medical Record to Proceed by An Ohio Court of Appeals held a trial court improperly granted summary judgment to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) in a lawsuit claiming invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The suit was …
Davis v. State of Ohio, OH, Complaint, Wrongful Incarceration, 2016
Brief • March 25, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Forfeiture
OF OHIO Q 2016 t1AR 25 PM 3: 31 2 16 - 0 02 5 l 'WI ... COMPLAINT FOR COMEPNSATION FOR WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT NOW COMES Plaintiff Frank C. Davis ("Plaintiff), by and through undersigned counsel ...
Gondor v. State of Ohio, OH, Judgment, Wrongful Conviction, 2015
Brief • December 21, 2015
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
, 2015, plaintiffs filed their complaint for wrongful imprisonment, along with a copy of the court of common pleas' determination that they are wrongfully imprisoned individuals. Plaintiff, Robert Gondor ...
Gondor v. State of Ohio, OH, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2015
Brief • October 27, 2015
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
General 30 East Broad Street, 1ih Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. JUDGE 2015-00921 ' . . ~I COMPLAINT FOR WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT PURSUANT ...
Ohio Wrongful Conviction Results in $2.59 Million Settlement
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples, Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
. The Ohio Controlling Board agreed to settle Towler’s claim, which will be paid from the state’s Wrongful Imprisonment Fund, after he was declared innocent by a Cuyahoga County judge. Towler was convicted ...
$5.25 Million Paid to Former Ohio Prisoner for Wrongful Murder Conviction
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Filed under: Malicious Prosecution, DNA Testing/Samples, Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
$5.25 Million Paid to Former Ohio Prisoner for Wrongful Murder Conviction by The City of Barberton, Ohio has paid $5.25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man wrongfully convicted of murder. Clarence Elkins spent almost eight years in prison before being exonerated by DNA evidence in 2005. Elkins …
$2 Million in Settlements for Wrongful Arrest, Conviction in Ohio
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples, Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
$2 Million in Settlements for Wrongful Arrest, Conviction in Ohio by Two former Ohio prisoners have accepted settlements totaling $2 million after being wrongly imprisoned for crimes they did not commit. One of the men, Derris Lewis, spent 18 months in jail pending trial on murder charges. The other, Robert …
Lewis v. Young, OH, Complaint, Identical Twin Murder Case Wrongful Imprisonment, 2010
Brief • February 12, 2010
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest
Lewis v. Young, OH, Complaint, Identical Twin Murder Case Wrongful Imprisonment, 2010 Case: 2:10-cv-00125-ALM -EPD Doc #: 2 Filed: 02/12/10 Page: 1 of 30 PAGEID #: 3 "- IN THE UNITED STATES ...
Ohio Woman Awarded $350,000 for False Arrest
Article • June 15, 2009
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Damages, Wrongful Imprisonment, Immunity/Liability, Qualified Immunity, False Arrest, Arrest Warrants
Ohio Woman Awarded $350,000 for False Arrest by On August 30, 2005, a federal jury in Ohio awarded Michelle Black-Hosang $100,000 in compensatory damages, as well as $250,000 in punitive damages for her unlawful arrest by Sergeant James Mendenhall of the Ohio State Police. Additionally, Black-Hosang is seeking more than …
Sixth Circuit Outlines Exceptions to Heck Favorable-Termination Doctrine
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Filed under: Disciplinary Litigation, Public Defenders, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, Restitution, Municipal Liability
Sixth Circuit Outlines Exceptions to Heck Favorable-Termination Doctrine by Sixth Circuit Outlines Exceptions to Heck Favorable-Termination Doctrine The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held the favorable-termination doctrine does not apply to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions brought by prisoners who were foreclosed from challenging their incarceration in a habeas …
$5,775 Awarded For 104 Days of Over-Incarceration in Ohio Prison
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment
of Rehabilitation and Corrections for damages in an amount equal to those prescribed for wrongful imprisonment actions. Thomson also sought damages for severe emotional distress. Using the wrongful imprisonment ...
No Arraignment, Imprisonment For Civil Debt Raise Fact Issues
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest
No Arraignment, Imprisonment For Civil Debt Raise Fact Issues by The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that issues of fact precluded summary judgment of an arrestee's civil rights action stemming from his warrantless arrest and his imprisonment for failure to pay fines and court costs, …
$7,516.95 Awarded For 89 Days of False Imprisonment
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages, Wrongful Imprisonment
$7,516.95 Awarded For 89 Days of False Imprisonment by An Ohio state court awarded a former prisoner $7,516.95 in damages for 89 days of false imprisonment. James M. Bay was a prisoner of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC). His release date was July 26, 1999 but he …
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