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$4,000 for Injuries After Prison Staff Ignore Bottom Bunk Directive
by Lonnie Burton
On August 18, 2015, the state of Michigan agreed to pay a prisoner $4,000 to settle a lawsuit in which prison staff deliberately ignored a medically-issued "bottom bunk detail" and the prisoner later fell from the top bunk injuring his shoulder.
Timothy Murphy had been incarcerated in ...
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