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Fired Washington Parole Officer Wins $250,000 Settlement
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2000, page 6
Washington state parole officer Barbara A. Nelson was fired in 1998 after the state was hit for more than $6.4 million to pay off lawsuits alleging negligence for her failure to property supervise parolees. Three men whose cases Nelson handled killed three people, including a high school cheerleader, a 23 ...
Filed under:
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Retaliation against Staff,
Victims,
Settlements,
Parole,
Immunity/Liability,
Parole Liability,
Employee Litigation.
Location:
Washington.
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