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$1.3 Million Settlement in Prisoner’s Death at Michigan Jail; Claims Against Other Defendants Dismissed
Loaded on March 5, 2015
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2015, page 52
$1.3 Million Settlement in Prisoner’s Death at Michigan Jail; Claims Against Other Defendants Dismissed
When Michigan’s Saginaw County agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit stemming from a prisoner’s medical-related death, it may have been left with a case of buyer’s remorse. Following the …
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- Pennsylvania: Wexford Settles Case Involving Death of Prisoner’s Baby
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