Still, the $7 million payout wasn’t nearly as large as the $32 million MDOC paid out in 2021-22 and 2022-23. A disability claimIn 2022, a six-person jury found that MDOC did not adequately accommodate former MDOC corrections officer Darrin Rushing’s disability stemming from a prior inmate attack. Two families and an inmate sued the Department in 2023 following 3 separate attacks in 2022 that resulted in two inmate deaths and severe injuries to another inmate. The state paid a $2.57 million judgment related to a lawsuit by Martinez and Daniel Mastaw, which was resolved through mediation. At any given time, any state department could face a number of lawsuits.