Cusa
October 26, 2011
Opening brief filed in CUSA case
March 24, 2011
Judgment against CCPOA reduced
A federal judge has reduced a $10 million punitive damages award leveled against the California Correctional Peace Officers Association last year, although the plaintiffs in the case can appeal the reduction or seek a new trial that focuses on what the award should be.
Sacramento Federal Court Judge Lawrence Karlton rendered the decision last week, cutting what was a total $12.5 million decision against CCPOA -- compensatory and punitive damages awards combined -- to about $5 million.
The decision is the latest turn in Dawe v. Corrections USA, CCPOA, et al. Last October a jury unanimously found that CCPOA had spread falsehoods about Brian Dawe, a founder and former executive director/treasurer of Auburn-based Corrections USA...
LINK - SacBee.com
October 26, 2010
CUSA Trial Update from CCPOA
Dear Member,
As you may already know, a jury recently ruled that CCPOA and a group named Corrections USA must pay $12.5 million in damages to two former employees of Corrections USA.
This case was brought against our union in January 2007 for events that occurred in mid-2006.
Due to a protective order issued by the court, we were prevented from communicating in detail about this case during the trial. With the trial now concluded, and our decision to appeal the ruling, we will do our best to explain the case and answer your questions...
October 23, 2010
Litigation Update: CUSA/CCPOA Case Appeal
Today, the jury in the Dawe v. Corrections USA case awarded damages to plaintiffs in the amount of $10.1 million. We disagree with the award of these damages and disagree with the original verdict rendered by the jury earlier this week. We are confident there are significant grounds for an appeal and will file that appeal shortly. We have every confidence that this ruling will be overturned.
October 18, 2010
Litigation Update: CUSA/CCPOA Case
This afternoon a verdict was reached in Dawe v. CUSA/CCPOA. Over the last four years CCPOA has had no choice but to defend itself against claims filed against CUSA/CCPOA by the Plaintiffs. We are extremely disappointed with this verdict. We continue to be very concerned as to how this case was presented to the jury. We are evaluating all our options.
October 14, 2010
CUSA Litigation Update
As some of you may recall, years ago former executive staff of Corrections USA (CUSA) brought a lawsuit against CUSA, CCPOA, Joe Baumann and Jim Baiardi. This lawsuit finally went to trial in July, and CCPOA has had to defend itself throughout the litigation. The court admonished the parties not to comment publicly on the case during the trial, but we are able to provide this update because the trial phase concluded on October 14th...
