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$25,000 Awarded to Former New York Prisoner in Medical Malpractice Suit

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2004 by Lonnie Burton published in Prison Legal News January, 2004, page 19
Filed under: Medical, Injury -- Misc., Damages. Location: New York.
$25,000 Awarded to Former New York
Prisoner in Medical Malpractice Suit

by Lonnie Burton


On February 13, 2003, a State Court
of Claims judge in Albany, NY ruled that a former prisoner at the Washington Correctional Facility (WCF) was entitled to an award of $25,000 to compensate him for the …

 

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