A New Mexico man who received a $150,000 payment to settle a federal lawsuit against Westmoreland County claims public officials violated terms of a confidentiality agreement.

Westmoreland commissioners have approved a $150,000 settlement to end a federal lawsuit filed by a New Mexico man who claimed county jail guards brutally beat him two years ago.

Estate of Matthew Creaton, 35, claims contracted doctors showed "deliberate indifference" to his medical needs before he took his own life in cell in February 2020.

Main evidence in civil rights case is video of police striking drug suspect in alley outside of tavern in November 2019. Video was made public in July 2020 in court and by Erie Times-News.

Plaintiff claimed collarbones, ribs were broken when he was arrested on Jan. 1 as he was walking from hospital, only medical gown, pants. He received mental health treatment. City defended police.

A federal civil lawsuit by a former Westmoreland County Prison inmate who was assaulted by a guard last year claims incident reports filed by a dozen other jail staffers contained no mention of the beating.

A former Westmoreland County prison guard avoided a preliminary hearing Friday on charges of assaulting a 33-year-old inmate by waiving his case to trial in common pleas court.

Three Erie men say they were injured during arrests conducted by Patrolman Joshua Allison.

A 33-year-old Westmoreland County Prison inmate who claims he was violently beaten by six guards earlier this year at the Hempfield lockup is seeking $225,000 in a federal lawsuit alleging his civil rights were violated.

Plaintiff Davaughn Tate-Johnson claims an officer punched him three times during an arrest in January.

The out-of-court settlement a Cochranton-area man’s federal civil rights lawsuit brought against two Crawford County corrections officers cost $210,000.

Pittsburgh-based Wexford Health Sources, Inc. agreed to pay the settlement to end questions about staffing at the prison. Questions about the number of physician hours Wexford provides at the prison were first raised publicly in a federal lawsuit filed by Erie lawyer John Mizner after an inmate at the prison.

In a move the inmate’s lawyer described as extremely rare, the Department of Justice filed a brief in support of the inmate, Robert Furgess, who sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in January 2017 under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

An out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed sum has been reached in a federal civil rights lawsuit brought against Crawford County and two county jail corrections officers for the alleged beating of an inmate by guards.

A federal judge on Monday approved the $1.1 million settlement between Erie County and the family of a work-release inmate who died after suffering an asthma attack during a shift in May 2018.

A $1.1 million settlement will end the legal fight between Erie County and the family of a work-release inmate who died in May 2018 after suffering an asthma attack while in the county’s custody.

A settlement has ended a federal civil rights lawsuit over the death of an Erie County work-release inmate who suffered an asthma attack in May 2018.

Robert Furgess, a disabled inmate, claims he went three months without a shower in the prison’s restricted housing unit.

DA has asked PA State Police to investigate the July 8 incident at the Crawford County correctional facility.

Lawsuit claims April Corritore’s death could have been prevented with proper medical care at the Erie County Prison.