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Ohio Prisoner Awarded $40,000 for Sexual Assault
Loaded on May 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2010, page 27
On August 19, 2009, an Ohio prisoner was awarded $40,000 after being sexually assaulted as a result of deliberate indifference to his safety.
Filed under:
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Failure to Protect (General),
Attorney Fee Awards,
Civil Procedure,
Damages,
New Trial Motions.
Location:
Ohio.
John Meyer, a prisoner at the Southeastern Correctional Institution (SCI), approached Sergeant Barbara McNicholas after being “roughed up” and threatened by other prisoners who wanted him to ...
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