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$45,000 Settlement For Refusal To Reset Federal Prisoner's Broken Wrist

Kansas federal prisoner Arthur Mitchell brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2001 after prison physicians refused to correct the misalignment of his broken wrist. The suit settled for $45,000.

Mitchell was incarcerated at the Federal Prison Camp at Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1995, while playing softball, he ...

 

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