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$250,000 Settlement After Federal Prisoner Dies From Undiagnosed Heart Attack

Georgia State resident Janie Federick, administrator of deceased federal prisoner Ronnie Ruff's estate, and Ruff's family, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2002. Federick alleged that a lack of standard medical care proximately resulted in Ruff's 2000 death. The suit settled for $250,000.

Ruff was incarcerated ...

 

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