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Indiana ADA Verdict Affirmed
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1997, page 17
In the March, 1996, issue of PLN we reported Love v. Westville Correctional Center, 896 F. Supp. 808 (ND IN 1995) where the court granted the plaintiff a new trial on his Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101, claim. After a new trial the jury awarded Love ...
Filed under:
Disabled Prisoners,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Civil Procedure,
Damages,
New Trial Motions,
Americans with Disabilities Act.
Location:
Indiana.
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