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Fifth Circuit Reverses Beaten Louisiana Prisoner's $1.5 Million Jury Award

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Court Access, Court Appearances, Damages, Jury Instructions. Location: Louisiana.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the award of $1.5 million to a beaten prisoner by a federal jury, granting the defendants a new trial on damages.

John Poullard, a Louisiana state prisoner, sued guards Joseph Turner, Lonnie Edmonds, Michael Levatino and Don Thames in federal …

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