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Deputy Causing Loss of Fingertip States Federal and State Claims
Loaded on July 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2002, page 20
by Matthew T. Clarke
Filed under:
Medication,
Amputations,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Civil Procedure,
Damages,
State Law Claims,
Venue,
Eleventh Amendment Immunity,
Municipal Liability.
Location:
North Carolina.
A federal district court in North Carolina has ruled that a prisoner who lost his fingertip when a deputy slammed a cell door window cover on his finger has stated a proper claim under state and federal law against the sheriff, in his official and personal ...
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