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$500 Settlement After Illinois Federal Prisoner Food Poisoned

Loaded on March 15, 2009

Filed under: Gastrointestinal, Food, Settlements, Federal Statutory Law, Federal Tort Claims Act. Location: Illinois.

Wisconsin federal prisoner Charles Anderson brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 for being food poisoned at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Marion, Illinois, in 1997. The $2,500 suit settled for less than $500 in 1999

Anderson was incarcerated at USP Marion in 1997. A …

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