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$250,000 Award for Texas Jail Paraplegic Upheld

Loaded on June 15, 2003 published in Prison Legal News June, 2003, page 29
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Medical, Skin, Bedding, Municipal Liability. Location: Texas.
by Matthew Clarke


The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $250,000 award against Dallas County, Texas, for a paraplegic prisoner who developed life-threatening decubitus ulcers due to the jail's deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs.


Brent Lawson, a former prisoner in the Dallas County Jail, sued Dallas …

 

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