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| Virginia settles inmate death lawsuit |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 11/03/2003 |
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The state of Virginia has settled its part of a lawsuit involving the death of an inmate from Connecticut. Terms of Virginia's settlement in the $204 million lawsuit filed by the family of Larry Frazier, who died after being shocked repeatedly with a stun gun at the Wallens Ridge prison. The Virginia Department of Corrections has denied that excessive force led to Frazier's death about three years ago. In the agreement, it acknowledged no wrongdoing. Still remaining as defendants in the lawsuit are Correctional Medical Services, which provided health care at Wallens Ridge, and a doctor and nurse formerly employed by the St. Louis company. Frazier was a 50-year-old convicted rapist who suffered from diabetes and other health problems. He was one of 500 prisoners from Connecticut being held in Virginia prisons under a state contract. The state of Connecticut already has agreed to pay more than one million dollars to settle a separate lawsuit with the inmate's family. |
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