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$75,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Negligence Claim Injury Due to Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition

Loaded on April 15, 2011

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Premises Liability. Location: Florida.

The Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $75,000 to settle a prisoner’s negligence claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by Florida prisoner Thomas Less Stevens.

Stevens alleged in his complaint against Wackenhut that on December 21, 1999, while working under the supervision of a prison employee in the food service …

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