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$820,000 Damages Upheld Against NY Jailer Who
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2005, page 21
$820,000 Damages Upheld Against NY Jailer Who Housed Informant with Defendant
Filed under:
Informants,
Failure to Protect (General),
Civil Procedure,
Damages,
Parties,
Costs.
Location:
New York.
by John E. Dannenberg
The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld $820,000 in damages for injuries suffered by an informant who was severely beaten by the defendant he had testified against, when the Nassau County Sheriff inadvertently housed ...
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