Category: Corrections Expert Witness
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Corrections Expert Was Allowed to Opine on High-Risk Inmates
This case arises from the preventable death of Dalton Milby, who died by suicide on February 12, 2022, while in the custody of the Larue County Detention Center (“LCDC”). He was taken to LCDC, where he was put on suicide watch and issued an anti-suicide smock. Despite this, Milby managed to gain access to a…
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Corrections Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Lack of Protective Custody
This case arises from Pierce County’s failure to protect Nathaniel Woods from an assault by another inmate at the Pierce County Jail. The jail acknowledged that “individuals who commit sex offenses against children get assaulted in jail.” The Plaintiff asserted that Pierce County was negligent because it failed to place Woods in protective custody, even…
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Corrections Expert’s Testimony on the Risk of Harm Excluded
Plaintiff, Brandon Motton, brought the present lawsuit alleging a FourteenthAmendment claim for failure to protect from harm arising from his detention at the Rock Island County Jail. Plaintiff retained Arthur Wallenstein as the jail practices expert in this case. Defendant sought an order barring testimony from Wallenstein. Corrections Expert Witness Arthur Wallenstein has over 35…
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Corrections Expert Barred From Testifying About Witness Credibility
Plaintiff Deoz Miller-Harris, formerly a detainee at the Onondaga County Justice Center (“OCJC”) alleged that the Defendants Onondaga County (the “County”) sheriff’s office employees Dustin Saddock, Ryan Whitmore, Anthony Tineo, Thomas Fodaro, Vedad Hujdur, and James Quigley (the “Individual Defendants”) violated his civil rights by using excessive force against him on September 16, 2021, and…
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Corrections Expert Barred from Testifying on Nurse’s Medical Decisions
Johnathan Maskiell and John Daulton were placed together in a small “isolation” cell. Maskiell stomped and beat sixty-one-year-old Daulton into a coma. Daulton died from his injuries on May 21, 2023. Maskiell has since pled guilty to Daulton’s murder. The Plaintiff, Tonya Jones as Administratrix of John Daulton’s estate, filed suit against the Kenton County…
