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$1.5 Million Awarded in Arizona Jail Medical Neglect Suit
Loaded on July 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2000, page 11
On April 15, 1999, a Maricopa County Superior Court jury awarded $1.5 million in damages to former Maricopa County (Phoenix, Arizona) jail detainee Timothy Griffin. Griffin was imprisoned for driving on a suspended license. Griffin has a history of ulcers. While in the jail Griffin suffered extreme abdominal pain and ...
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