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Prison Doctor Wins $654,471 in Retaliation Suit
Loaded on June 15, 2001
by John E Dannenberg
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2001, page 26
Prison Doctor Wins $654,471 In Retaliation Suit
Filed under:
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Retaliation,
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Retaliation against Staff,
Whistleblowing,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Employee Litigation.
Location:
Hawaii.
by John E. Dannenberg
Dr. Terence Allen, prison physician at Halawa (Hawai'i) prison, was awarded $111,000 in damages plus $543,360 in attorney fees/costs against prison officials who retaliated against him for speaking out on prisoner abuse at Halawa between 1987 and 1995.
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