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New York Jail Detainee Awarded $233,000 in Damages and Fees for Excessive Force Claim
Loaded on March 15, 2006
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2006, page 39
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Attorney Fees (PLRA),
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Civil Procedure,
Damages,
Defenses,
New Trial Motions.
Location:
New York.
A New York federal district court reduced a jurys damage award in a prisoners civil rights action alleging excessive force by guards. The total award came to $165,000 and $68,000 in attorney fees and costs.
This action was brought against New Yorks Nassau County Sheriffs Department ...
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