On Wednesday afternoon, a Polk County jury returned a $2,000,000 verdict in favor of former Iowa State Penitentiary Corrections Officer, Kristine Sink. After a decade-long battle of standing up to various civil rights abuses at the penitentiary, the jury found that the State of Iowa and the Iowa Department of Corrections illegally retaliated against Kristine and failed to accommodate her disabilities. Kristine started working at… Read More
Monthly Archives: March 2018
Fiedler Law Firm Files Suit for Woman Assaulted by Iowa DOT Driving Instructor
On February 23, 2018, Paige Fiedler and Emily McCarty filed a lawsuit on behalf of Patricia Carrillo against the State of Iowa, the Iowa Department of Transportation, and two DOT executives. KCCI reported the following details from the lawsuit: The 49-year-old was seeking a license when she was paired with John Alexander for the test at the Ankeny DOT station in 2016. Records show Alexander… Read More