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$100,000 Settlement in TX Restraint Chair/Pepper Spray Death
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2000, page 13
On February 22, 2000, Tarrant County, Texas agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to the estate of James Livingston, 30, to settle a wrongful death suit. On July 6, 1999, Livingston was arrested on a trespassing warrant. He was allegedly abusive while being booked into the Tarrant county jail. As ...
Filed under:
Private Contractors,
Excessive Force,
Pepper Spray/Tear Gas,
Restraints,
Damages,
Settlements,
Municipal Liability,
Contractor Liability,
Wrongful Death.
Location:
Texas.
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