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$2 Million Awarded in IL Medical Neglect Suit

On February 2, 2000, a federal jury in Illinois awarded $2 million in damages to a prisoner blinded through medical neglect by prison officials. The damage award is believed to be the highest in a prisoner civil rights case in Illinois.

Karl Williams, a prisoner at the Pontiac Correction Center ...

 

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