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| OpEd: Lawsuit proves value of better care |
| By Detroit Free Press |
| Published: 06/13/2008 |
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MICHIGAN - The State of Michigan and the family of Timothy Joe Souders, an inmate who died horribly at a Jackson prison, have tentatively settled a federal lawsuit for $3.25 million. The court must still approve the settlement, but both sides have agreed, and U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman has set a hearing for next week. Most of the $3.25 million will be paid by the state -- in other words, Michigan taxpayers. It should remind everyone, including Gov. Jennifer Granholm, state legislators and the Michigan Department of Corrections, that negligence has human and economic costs. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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