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$750,000 Settlement for Washington State Prisoner’s Wrongful Death
Loaded on Oct. 10, 2014
by Carrie Wilkinson
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2014, page 8
Filed under:
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Blood,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
PLN Litigation.
Location:
Washington.
$750,000 Settlement for Washington State Prisoner’s Wrongful Death
by Carrie Wilkinson
Although Prison Legal News and its parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), are best known for litigation involving censorship by prison and jail officials, HRDC also co-counsels select other cases, mainly involving wrongful deaths on behalf of ...
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- Seventh Circuit Extends Appeal Filing Deadline for Prisoner Misled by Court Clerk, by Matthew Clarke
- Second Circuit: Spraying with Feces Not De Minimis Injury; $7,000 Settlement After Remand, by Mark Wilson
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- Alaska Filing Fee Statute Denies Prisoners Court Access, by Mark Wilson
- Pretrial Detainee’s First Amendment Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment, by David Reutter
- Prison and Jail Phone Reforms Needed in New Jersey, by Karina Wilkinson
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