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$56.5 Million Awarded for Killing of DUI Detainee  


Author:  Fred Cohen .


Source: Volume 08, Number 04, November/December 2006 , pp.56-57(2)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

The Seventh Circuit upholds the awards in the case of Christopher Moreland, arrested for DUI, who died a terrible death at the hands of deputies employed at the St. Joseph County, Indiana jail.

Keywords: Estate of Moreland v. Dieter, 395 F.3d 747, BMW of North America v. Gore, 517 U.S. 559

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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