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New York Prisoner Awarded $6,000 For Hernia

In June 1998, a New York court of claims awarded $6,000 to a state prisoner
who sustained a hernia while moving church pews as part of his work assignment.

The plaintiff contended in his lawsuit that prison officials were negligent
for failing to provide him with assistance while lifting the …

 

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