District of Columbia to Pay $5,000 for Breach of Duty of Care

Loaded on May 15, 2010

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Settlements. Location: District of Columbia.

On October 2, 2000, a District of Columbia (D.C.) prisoner, Antonio Avery, accepted a $5,000 settlement for injuries he suffered during an attack on him by two other prisoners at Central Facility in Lorton, Virginia on June 11, 1999.

Filed in November 1999 by D.C. attorney Harry T. Spikes, the ...

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