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$176,000 Awarded in Attorney Fees
Loaded on June 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1996, page 14
A federal district court in Illinois entered an award of $163,276 in attorney fees and $12,398 in costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 to prisoner plaintiffs who won $130,000 in damages at a jury trial after being beaten by prison guards. The court discussed the appropriate standard to award …
Filed under:
Attorneys,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Attorneys General,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Damages,
Costs.
Location:
Illinois.
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