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New York Prisoner Receives $3,732 for Medical Neglect/Lost Property Claim
Loaded on May 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2009, page 19
Filed under:
Gang Policies,
Injury -- Misc.,
Surgery,
Money/Property,
Prisoner Property.
Location:
New York.
New York Prisoner Receives $3,732 for Medical Neglect/Lost Property Claim
A New York Court of Claims awarded a prisoner $3,500 for medical neglect by prison medical officials’ failure to treat the prisoner’s deviated septum for 20 months. The prisoner also received a $232.68 settlement for lost property.
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