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Washington DOC Virtually Uninsurable
Loaded on March 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2002, page 24
In the May, 2001, issue of PLN we reported the soaring cost of negligent parole supervision cases against the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) in the past year, totaling over $50 million in verdicts and settlements at that time .One result of that steady stream of losing verdicts and huge ...
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DOC/BOP misconduct,
Damages,
Immunity/Liability,
Parole Liability.
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