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$200,000 Failure-To-Medicate Award Granted to California
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2005, page 24
Jail Detainee Who Lost Testicleby John E. Dannenberg
On July 18, 2005, a Solano County, California jail pre-trial detainee, whose infected testicle was not promptly treated, won a $200,000 damage award in Solano County Superior Court after suffering necrosis and subsequent amputation of the testicle.
Wayne Crowder, 46, had ...
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