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Correctional Medical Services Pays Out Another $1 Million in 1997 Ohio Escape, Murder
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2002, page 9
The family of Charles Dials, who was carjacked and killed by prisoner Alva Campbell during an escape attempt in April 1997, was awarded a $1 million default judgment against CMS in Franklin County (OH) Common Pleas Court on March 6, 2002. This verdict comes after CMS and Franklin County have …
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