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Judge Reduces Damage Award Against PHS In New York Jail Heart Attack Suit
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2006, page 32
by John E. Dannenberg
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
Prison Health Services,
EMSA,
Cardiovascular,
Cancer,
Damages,
Municipal Liability,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
New York.
In July 2005, a New York federal jury awarded $150,000 in compensatory damages and $632,988 in punitive damages to a jail prisoner who suffered permanent disabilities when treatment for his heart attack was delayed for three critical days by indifferent guards and medical staff.
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