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NY Prisoner Awarded $160,000 for Lost Testicle

Loaded on June 15, 2005 published in Prison Legal News June, 2005, page 9
Filed under: Medical, Male Reproductive, Damages. Location: New York.
A New York Court of Claims has awarded a former Collins Correctional Facility prisoner $160,000 in a medical malpractice suit.
On November 22, 1998, Robert Hicks experienced pain in the area of his left waist. He said he laid on his bed, went to the restroom, and then returned to ...

 

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