$3.54 Million Paid For Falsely Imprisoning Unconvicted Mentally-Incapacitated California Man For Two Years In New York

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2002 by John E Dannenberg published in Verdict1 February, 2002, page 10

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Escapes, Civil Procedure, Damages, Complaints, Venue, Wrongful Imprisonment, Americans with Disabilities Act, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Family Law. Locations: California, New York.

A mentally incapacitated misdemeanant detainee at the Los Angeles County, California, jail was unlawfully extradited to New York, where he was imprisoned for two years in the Green Haven Correctional Center without further legal process. During that time, his mother _ duly appointed as Conservator for his Person and Estate ...

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