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$820,000 Awarded to Informant and Wife for Assault

Loaded on July 15, 2000 published in Prison Legal News July, 2000, page 3
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages, Complaints, New Trial Motions, Municipal Liability, Informants (Failure to Protect), Marriage. Location: New York.
A federal district court in New York issued pre- and post-verdict opinions in a negligence action brought by a prisoner and his wife against jail officials. In the pre-verdict ruling, the court held that the plaintiffs were entitled to amend their pleadings during trial and that jail officials have a ...

 

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