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Ohio DOC Pays $2,000 to Prisoner Burned on Exposed Steam Pipe
Loaded on July 7, 2015
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2015, page 22
Filed under:
Premises Liability.
Location:
Ohio.
Ohio DOC Pays $2,000 to Prisoner Burned on Exposed Steam Pipe
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has agreed to pay prisoner Ivan Lacking $2,000 for injuries he received in a unit stairwell while on the way to the dining hall.
On October 27, 2011, Lacking’s arm was severely ...
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