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Severe Injury Not Required for Damage Claim Against Guards for Assault
A prisoner filed a civil rights complaint against guards for assaulting him. A jury awarded the prisoner with compensatory and punitive damages. The state appealed.
On appeal the defendants argued that the inmate had not stated a constitutional claim ...
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