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$35,000 Settlement in Personal Injury Negligence Suit Against California Department of Corrections

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2011

Filed under: Immunity/Liability, Premises Liability. Location: California.

A California prisoner received a $35,000 settlement in a personal injury negligence suit. Prisoner Andre M. Smith was imprisoned at the California Men’s Colony on April 19, 2005. While getting off his bed, the chain broke and pinned his right leg beneath the bed. The complaint does not detail the ...

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