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Jury awards millions in lawsuit
By KWTX News
Published: 09/22/2006

WILLACY COUNTY, TX -A Texas jury has returned a $47.5 million dollar verdict against a prison operator and its warden in a lawsuit over an inmate death.

The family of Gregorio De La Rosa sued Wackenhut Corrections Corporation after De La Rosa was beaten to death four days before finishing his sentence.

The amount awarded is believed to be the largest verdict in Willacy County history. Read more.

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