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New York Prisoner Awarded $4,250 for Knee Injury While Shackled
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2008
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2008, page 27
On March 19, 2007, a court of claims in Rochester, New York, award $4,250 to a state prisoner who fell and injured his knee while walking to a transport van in leg shackles.
Filed under:
Injury -- Misc.,
Transportation,
Excessive Force,
Restraints,
Expert Witnesses.
Location:
New York.
State prisoner Earl Martin, 54, fell on the ground as he attempted to step down from a …
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