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Fifth Circuit: Prisoner Who was Raped May Proceed with Lawsuit against Lock Company
Loaded on Sept. 18, 2014
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2014, page 35
Filed under:
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Municipal Liability,
Contractor Liability.
Location:
Mississippi.
Fifth Circuit: Prisoner Who was Raped May Proceed with Lawsuit against Lock Company
by Matt Clarke
In a July 9, 2013 opinion, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the statute of limitations in a federal lawsuit against a manufacturer of cell door locks at a county jail, brought ...
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