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Jury Instructions on Eighth Amendment Claim
The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that a district court erred in sua sponte awarding nominal damages to a Missouri prisoner after a jury found his Eighth amendment rights had been violated by a guard who slammed a food service door on the prisoner's hand. The jury ...
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