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Retrial for Damages Alone Appropriate
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1993, page 9
Tommy Williams is a Missouri state prisoner who was stabbed several times by two other prisoners. Williams filed suit against a guard and several other officials claiming they were deliberately indifferent and acted with reckless disregard to his safety when they knew the prisoners were his enemies and allowed them …
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General),
Damages,
Jury Instructions.
Location:
Missouri.
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