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$2.5 Million Verdict in California Medical Neglect Case

Loaded on March 15, 2003 by Marvin Mentor published in Prison Legal News March, 2003, page 13
Filed under: Medical, Skeletal Injury, Diabetes, Staffing, Damages, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act. Location: California.
On May 8, 2002, a California superior court jury awarded $2.5 million in damages for negligent medical care to a severely diabetic state prisoner, who, debilitated from insulin shock, broke his neck in a fall sustained while trying to run to the prison medical clinic.


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