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$750,000 Settlement in Chicago Jail Mass Beating Suit
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2009, page 32
On June 4, 2009, the finance litigation subcommittee of the County Board of Cook County, Illinois moved to settle a lawsuit over an alleged mass beating at the Cook County Jail.
Filed under:
Medical,
Failure to Treat,
Failure to Protect (General),
Jail Specific,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Damages.
Location:
Illinois.
In August 2006, Dwond Donahue, Jerome Fountain, Bernard Garcia, Darryl Johnson, Archie Mitchell, Bernard Rhone, Jarrod Rodriguez, Edward Sanders, ...
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