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Illinois Court Reduces Prisoner's Eye Injury Award to $850,000
Loaded on April 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2002, page 13
The United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois has denied a motion for a new trial by an Illinois Department of Corrections (ILDOC) physician but granted remittitur of both the compensatory and punitive damages awards given to an ILDOC prisoner following a jury trial. The verdict was ...
Filed under:
Workplace Injury,
Injury -- Misc.,
Vision,
Civil Procedure,
Damages,
Jury Instructions,
New Trial Motions,
Contractor Liability,
Premises Liability.
Location:
Illinois.
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