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| SC Settlement Pays $85,000 |
| By greenvilleonline.com |
| Published: 04/14/2010 |
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The state of South Carolina must pay $85,000 to the estate of an Upstate prison inmate who was tortured and killed by another prisoner now on death row – a killing a lawsuit alleges occurred after the two had asked prison officials not to put them in the same cell. The two sides reached a settlement Tuesday, approved by U.S. District Judge Ross Anderson, with the stipulation that the state Department of Corrections admits no fault in the action. The state’s Insurance Reserve Fund will pay $84,400 to settle the wrongful death suit brought by the estate of Charles Douglas Martin, according to the compromise settlement. Another $600 was given to the estate for pain and suffering, according to the settlement. The agreement states that both agreed to “avoid the expense, the inconvenience and the uncertainty of the outcome of any litigation …” in the 2005 death at Perry Correctional Institution in Pelzer. In an answer to the lawsuit, the corrections department said that it acted reasonably and in good faith and that some allegations were inconsistent. Read More. |
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