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Oklahoma Jail Pays $385,000 Settlement in Baby's Death
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2003, page 30
Oklahoma Jail Pays $385,000 Settlement
Filed under:
OB/GYN,
Wrongful Death,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Mothers in Prison.
Location:
Oklahoma.
in Baby's Death
On December 11, 2002, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma agreed to settle a medical neglect suit by paying $385,000 to Deborah Smith, 31, a former prisoner in the Oklahoma county jail. While imprisoned in the jail in March, 1998, Smith repeatedly requested medical attention ...
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