A Death in South Carolina: $1.2 Million Settlement
Author: Fred Cohen .
Source: Volume 17, Number 03, September/October 2015 , pp.42-42(1)
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Abstract:
As this settlement illustrates, systemic failure can lead to real and horrifying consequences. When Jerome Laudman died from hypothermia after 11 days in extreme isolation, a law suit was the inevitable result.Keywords: problems with the heating system; cardiac arrhythmia; T.R. v. South Carolina Dept. of Corrections , C/A No.: 2005-CP-40-2925
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