August 16, 2022
A Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday issued a $206 million damages ruling against a pair of ex-judges involved in the commonwealth's so-called "Kids for Cash" judicial kickback scandal, awarding both compensatory and punitive damages to former juvenile detainees wrongfully detained as part of the scheme.
April 28, 2016
Plaintiffs in class action litigation stemming from Pennsylvania's so-called "Kids for Cash" judicial kickback scandal agreed Thursday to withdraw a motion for sanctions against Vision Holdings LLC and Powell Law Group for failing to pay the full amount of a $4.75 million settlement in the case.
April 26, 2016
Plaintiffs in class action litigation in the "kids for cash" kickback scandal pushed a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday to apply sanctions against Vision Holdings LLC and Powell Law Group for failing to pay the full amount of a $4.75 million settlement.
August 11, 2015
A Pennsylvania federal judge preliminarily approved a $4.75 million deal Monday to end one prong of four consolidated class actions on behalf of juvenile offenders whom a pair of corrupt state judges sentenced in the notorious "kids for cash" kickback scandal.
March 25, 2015
The Pennsylvania detention center operators in a class action seeking damages over the notorious "kids for cash" kickback scheme objected Wednesday to a proposed $4.75 million settlement with a former detention center owner, saying the terms violate a separate agreement to keep them from further payments.
January 05, 2015
The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts asked a federal court Monday to not require a state court judge to testify in a January class action trial seeking damages from the prison builder behind the notorious "kids for cash" scheme, which involved kickbacks to two other Pennsylvania judges.
October 22, 2014
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid by plaintiffs embroiled in several class actions over Pennsylvania's notorious "kids for cash" scheme to freeze 20 percent of any legal fees due to a Powell Law Group attorney and his company, saying he lacked the authority to issue one.
January 10, 2014
A Pennsylvania federal court ruled Thursday that a convicted state judge could not be protected by judicial immunity in a class action suit brought by a group of juveniles who allege they were sentenced to terms in private youth detention centers as part of a kickback scheme.
October 17, 2013
Three Pennsylvania detention center operators agreed Wednesday to pay $2.5 million to settle a federal class action brought by juveniles who were allegedly harmed or sent to private prisons in a "kids for cash" kickback scheme.
May 14, 2013
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday granted certification to the classes and subclasses of juveniles who were allegedly harmed or sent to private prisons in Pennsylvania's notorious "kids for cash" judge kickback scheme.