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Washington DOC Pays $80,000 in Guard Slip and Fall

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Immunity/Liability, Premises Liability, Employee Litigation. Location: Washington.

In 1999, the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections paid Joann L. Sprengel and Lew Sprengel (husband and wife) $80,000. On February 14, 1995, Joann Sprengel was leaving to go home from work when she slipped and fell, fracturing her leg and dislocating her ankle. Sprengel was employed ...

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