Case Details for "State of Michigan"

Michigan settles class action over allegations of inmate sexual abuse

Michigan will pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by more than 500 female inmates who claimed they were sexually assaulted, abused and harassed by male corrections staff.

Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan says Gov. Jennifer Granholm authorized the settlement after juries in two separate trials, each involving about 10 female prisoners, returned with verdicts that in the end would total nearly $60 million.

Marlan says the state attorney general's office recommended the settlement, which does not "constitute an admission of liability, but a compromise of the disputed claims."

The first $10 million of the settlement is due Oct. 15, with more installments each following year up until the last $25 million is paid out on Oct. 15, 2014.

Posted on:2009-07-15
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