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Eight Washington Prison Premises Liabilities Claims Settled for $35,058
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2003, page 22
Premises liabilities claims by injured Washington state prisoners and visitors were settled in eight unrelated claims totaling $35,058 over a two year period in 2001 and 2002.
Filed under:
Work,
Workplace Injury,
Food,
Damages,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds,
Premises Liability.
Location:
Washington.
Pro per Walla Walla State Penitentiary prisoner Marcus Ogans filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint in state superior court under RCW 4.96.020 ...
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