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New York Jury Awards $1,400,006 to Former Prisoner for Beating by Guards; Punitive Damages Later Reduced
Loaded on June 15, 2009
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2009, page 38
Filed under:
Injury -- Misc.,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Damages,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
Location:
New York.
New York Jury Awards $1,400,006 to Former Prisoner for Beating by Guards; Punitive Damages Later Reduced
by David M. Reutter
A New York federal jury awarded $1,400,006 to a former prisoner in a lawsuit alleging two beatings by state prison guards. The U.S. District Court reduced the punitive damages award ...
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