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$174,175 Awarded in D.C. Conditions and Medical Suit
Loaded on June 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2003, page 28
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has denied motions by the District of Columbia Department of Corrections (DC DOC) for judgment as a matter of law and for new trial following a jury verdict finding the DC DOC liable for Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations in ...
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