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BOP Settles Medical Death Suit for $700,000
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2000, page 7
In February, 1999, the federal Bu reau of Prisons settled a medical neglect suit for $700,000. David Deen, a BOP prisoner, was 30 years old and confined at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia for five months. He was prescribed nitroglycerin for chest pains and anti depressants by BOP medical …
Filed under:
Cardiovascular,
Civil Procedure,
Damages,
Settlements,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Georgia.
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