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D.C. Prisoner Receives $19,500 Settlement for Slip-and-Fall
Loaded on April 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2005, page 38
The United States and the District of Columbia agreed on June 4, 2004, to pay Robert M. North $19,500 for injuries he received from falling down a set of stairs while handcuffed. North was arrested on Thanksgiving Day 2000 by Federal Marshals. Since all federal buildings were closed for the ...
Filed under:
Skeletal Injury,
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General),
Toilets,
Plumbing,
Sewage,
Jail Specific,
Transportation,
Damages,
Premises Liability.
Location:
District of Columbia.
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