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Warden, Security Director Liable for Iowa Guard's Sexual Assault of Prisoner, $45K Verdict Upheld
Loaded on April 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2003, page 26
Affirming the judgments of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the jury verdict and the denial of post-trial motions in a case awarding compensatory and punitive damages to a female prisoner sexually assaulted by a guard.
Filed under:
Sexual Assault,
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Damages,
Supervisory Liability.
Location:
Iowa.
Pamela Riley ...
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