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$1.65 Million Jury Verdict in Cell Assignment Case Affirmed
Loaded on May 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1997, page 22
The court of appeals for the seventh circuit affirmed a jury verdict against prison official defendants finding that they were deliberately indifferent to a prisoner's safety by leaving him in a cell with a mentally ill prisoner who later tried to kill him. In doing so, the court clarified prior ...
Filed under:
Failure to Protect (General),
Eighth Amendment,
Excessive Force,
Burning,
Damages,
Evidentiary Ruling,
Jury Instructions,
Expert Witnesses,
Witnesses,
Qualified Immunity,
Supervisory Liability.
Location:
Illinois.
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