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$275,000 Paid In Excessive-Force Michigan Jail Death Lawsuit
Loaded on March 15, 2007
by John Dannenberg
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2007, page 40
by John E. Dannenberg
Filed under:
Injury -- Misc.,
Excessive Force,
Pepper Spray/Tear Gas,
Americans with Disabilities Act,
Rehabilitation Act,
Mental Health.
Location:
Michigan.
On May 25, 2006, Kent County, Michigan agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit for $275,000 brought by the family of a Grand Rapids man who died of a heart attack suffered after struggling with arresting police. County officials denied any liability, but paid off to ...
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