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$450,000 Award in New York Prisoner’s Negligence Claim
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2011
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2011, page 26
A New York Court of Claims has awarded $450,000 for injuries incurred as a result of a prison doctor negligently injecting a corticosteroid directly into a prisoner’s Achilles tendon.Prior to his incarceration in 1988, New York state prisoner Kent Kruemer was a serious and experienced runner hoping to qualify …
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