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Jury Awards $900K in Texas Jail Medical Neglect Case
Posted Aug 26, 2008, 02:51 pm CDT
By Martha Neil
A federal jury in Texas has awarded $900,000 to a man who says he suffered a stroke while jailed in Dallas County because of medical neglect.
The verdict is the largest ever awarded against the county in such a case, reports the Dallas Morning News.
Attorney Don Tittle represented the plaintiff, Stanley Shepherd, who is in a wheelchair since the January 2004 stroke. He said the total bill for the county could exceed $1 million, if attorney fees and interest are granted by the court.
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