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$4.47 Million in Washington Negligent Supervision Settlements and Verdicts
Loaded on April 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2003, page 28
Washington State recently settled or was found liable in three separate law suits alleging that it negligently supervised probationers or parolees. Negligent supervision cases are not new in Washington. Since 2000, the State either settled or was ordered to pay more than $100 million in similar suits.
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Victims,
Settlements,
Parole Liability,
Wrongful Death,
Murder by Parolees.
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Washington.
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