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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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