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Settlements and Jury Awards
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1995, page 12
NJ: Former Bayside State prison, NJ, doctor John Napoleon, will have to pay six prisoners $80,000 to settle an eighth amendment medical neglect suit against him. The prisoner plaintiffs, all incarcerated in NJ state or county prisons, claimed that Napoleon deliberately failed to treat them after being notified of their ...
Filed under:
Racial Discrimination,
Medical,
Medication,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Employee Litigation.
Location:
New Jersey.
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