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$210,000 Awarded in Tennessee Jail Heat Stroke Death
A federal district court in Tennessee awarded $100,000 in compensatory and 110,000 in punitive damages to the children of a prisoner who died of heat stroke in the Chattanooga jail in Tennessee. Court held that jail's failure to take remedial action or follow nurse's instructions constituted callous disregard and reckless …
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