James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware. Photo: Patrick Semansky McCarter & English Pro Bono Team Wins $500K for Incarcerated Man's Assault by Corrections Officer
The jury found a corrections officer violated the Eighth Amendment rights of an incarcerated person. McCarter & English was appointed by the court to represent the plaintiff.
December 15, 2021 at 06:43 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Delaware Law Weekly
A federal jury has awarded a man in a Delaware prison $500,000 in punitive damages for a sexual assault committed by a corrections officer in 2014.
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