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Prisoner Crippled In Texas Jail Settles For $2.25 Million

On May 12, 2000, the City of Harlingen, Texas, paid $2,250,000 to settle a
federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a man who was rendered quadriplegic
following an assault in the city jail.

In his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the
Western District ...

 

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