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NV Prisoner with Hand Injury Settles for Used TV, Medical Evaluation and $40.70 in Copying Fees
Loaded on Aug. 7, 2017
by Joe Watson
by Joe Watson
Robert Finley, a Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) prisoner, settled in August 2008 for a used television, $40.70 in legal copying fees and a medical evaluation with follow-up treatment for the hand he injured when a prison guard allegedly slammed it in a cell door.
Finley said ...
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