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New York City Liable for Foreseeable Prisoner-on-Prisoner Murder
The Appellate Department of the New York Supreme Court held that because New York City (NYC) jail guards escorting a prisoner had “actual knowledge” of his previous violent assaultive behavior, they could not evade liability for the prisoner’s act of murdering another prisoner.
On March 26, 2005, prisoner Alex Rivera …
On March 26, 2005, prisoner Alex Rivera …
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