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Nominal Damage Award Verdict Nets $197,505 in Attorney Fee Award
A federal district court awarded $197,505 in attorney fees following a jury's nominal damage award after finding excessive force by guards upon detainees was a custom or practice at the Sacramento County Main Jail (SCMJ).
The plaintiffs, a prisoner and non-prisoner at the time the action was filed, brought suit ...
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