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Third Circuit Says Asthma May be Physical Injury

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court’s dismissal of a federal prisoner’s Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) negligence claim for failing to show a sufficient physical injury under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).

Federal prisoner Mike Perez brought an FTCA action, alleging that prison officials negligently …

 

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