The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case looking at whether a Michigan prisoner can sue prison officials for not doing enough during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent infection.
The court rejected an appeal from correction officials who argued the prisoner’s lawsuit should be dismissed because the Muskegon Correctional Facility faced an impossible situation in keeping at bay a novel communicable disease in a group setting where there are significant security issues.
Allowing the suit to proceed, the correction officials told the Supreme Court, would hold them and other prison officials to an “unreasonable and impossible standard.”
Attorneys for the prisoner, Jimmie Leon Gordon, said officials displayed “deliberate indifference” to the risks posed by COVID-19. Officials ignored procedures developed by the Michigan Department of Corrections requiring them to segregate prisoners who either tested positive or had been in close contact with those who had, Gordon alleges.
After a prisoner tested positive in the summer of 2020, inmates who had been in close contact with that prisoner were moved into Gordon’s unit. When prisoners complained, they were moved to the gymnasium, which had been converted into dormitory-style housing.
Gordon charged that the bunk beds were not far enough apart and ventilation was poor. --->READ MORE HEREConsumers who bought phony N95 masks getting more than $1 million:
The Federal Trade Commission is sending a total of more than $1 million to fully refund people who bought deceptively marketed face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency announced on Monday.
The FTC in April 2024 took action against Razer and several affiliates over their production and sale of a "wearable air purifier" face mask called the Zephyr. Starting in October of 2021, the Zephyr mask and three sets of filters sold for $99.99; the Razer Zephyr Starter Pack containing a mask and 33 sets of filters sold for $149.99; and a Razer Zephyr Filter Pack containing 10 sets of filters sold for $29.99, according to the FTC's complaint.
"These businesses falsely claimed, in the midst of a global pandemic, that their face mask was the equivalent of an N95 certified respirator," Samuel Levine, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said at the time. "The FTC will continue to hold accountable businesses that use false and unsubstantiated claims to target consumers who are making decisions about their health and safety."
Checks or PayPal payments of roughly $150 each are being sent to nearly 6,800 consumers who purchased the products, which were falsely advertised as N95 or N95 equivalent without having been tested or certified as such, the FTC stated. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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