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EMSA and Nevada Jail Pay $40,000 Settlement to Quadriplegic

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2003 published in Prison Legal News February, 2003, page 20

Filed under: Private Prisons, EMSA, Disabled Prisoners, Injury -- Misc., Showers, Municipal Liability, Premises Liability. Location: Nevada.

In April, 2002, Robert Cornwall, 30, a quadriplegic, settled a lawsuit against the Washoe county jail in Nevada for $40,000. The lawsuit stemmed from Cornwall being arrested on domestic violence charges against his wife on July 25, 2000. Cornwall spent the night in the Washoe county jail. Cornwall has limited ...

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