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Philadelphia Settles Negligent Supervision Suit for $3.5 Million

On November 19, 2004, the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, agreed to pay
$3.5 million to a former prisoner who suffered permanent brain damage as a
result of his failed suicide attempt in a city jail.

In 1999 Christopher Foster, 22, was arrested and imprisoned on an
unspecified charge. During intake ...

 

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