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$75,000 Settlement in Heart Attack Death of Missouri Jail Prisoner

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2010 published in Prison Legal News January, 2010, page 15
Filed under: Medical, Cardiovascular, Failure to Treat, Damages, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice. Location: Missouri.
On June 3, 2009, Greene County, Missouri agreed to pay half of a $75,000 settlement in a wrongful death action brought by the family of a prisoner who died while at the Greene County Jail.

In July 2005, Winston Eugene Holt, a federal prisoner being held on charges at the …

 

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