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Court of Claims official explains statutory limits on wrongful-imprisonment awards
Summary
A Court of Claims clerk told the Controlling Board that most damages for wrongful imprisonment are set by statute and adjusted for inflation; he described the procedural history of a posthumous settlement for Dewey Jones.
Anderson Renick, clerk for the Ohio Court of Claims, told the Controlling Board on July 21 that the bulk of damages in wrongful-imprisonment cases are determined by statute, which currently sets a per-year payment that is adjusted for inflation. The board approved the related item without objection.
Representative Teresa Brennan questioned why Dewey Jones’s family struggled to obtain restitution after Jones died following his release from prison. Renick explained the two-step process for these…
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