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Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Award
Loaded on July 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2006, page 31
In a 6-3 decision, the Washington Supreme Court reaffirmed its earlier holdings that the state may be held liable for negligent supervision of offenders. However, the court vacated a $22.4 million verdict resulting from a 2000 jury trial, which had ballooned with interest to $33 million, because the trial court ...
Filed under:
Jury Instructions,
Parole,
Immunity/Liability,
Parole Liability,
Murder by Parolees,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
Washington.
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