Crocs at the Center of New $1.5 Million Lawsuit Involving Jail and One of Its Inmates

Crocs is back in the news this month, having been named in an unusual lawsuit that involves a prison inmate. According to court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Roanoke, Va., on Sept. 5, Kelvin Deon Yates, an inmate at the Northwestern Regional Jail in Winchester, Va., is suing the jail for allegedly not providing him adequate footwear for recreational activities. The lawsuit, which stems from several inmate grievance forms submitted by Yates to the jail dating back to April, cites how Crocs’ shoes are allegedly “not safe” for recreational use. Yates states in a July inmate grievance form that he broke his left leg during a basketball game of “Horse” on April 14. Yates said that he was playing while wearing the Crocs that were provided to him during the time of his intake into the jail earlier that month. “[This caused] me to receive a metal plate and screws in my left ankle,” Yates wrote. This injury also resulted in torn ligaments and several screws in his left knee, the complaint stated. In a response from a jail officer to Yates in July, the officer wrote that Yates was “correct” that the Crocs shoes provided are not meant for playing basketball.

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