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Originally Posted by blaise
Actually, one of us has quite a bit of knowledge about the legal system inside prisons and knows that these cases happen all the time. I didn't google anything that I wrote.
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Perhaps I'm underestimating your experience (and also probably overestimating mine some). I won't assume any more about your background.
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Originally Posted by blaise
Great, you were in courtroom 101. If you don't think prisons get sued for this regularly, you're wrong, and I don't see any way you can deny that. Like I said, the damages probably wouldn't be great, but it probably wouldn't go to court. I'm almost positive the state would cut his family a check.
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This is where you are changing the subject. Of course prisons get sued regularly. The vast majority of those cases are dismissed almost immediately. That is the "joke" I was referring to. Occasionally, the prisoner wins.
THIS case is not like those other cases. This case has no damages. Even if the plaintiff is right about everything. There is no reason the prison would settle this case. This is exactly the kind of case they would HAVE to fight. This situation is hypothetical, and already Chiefsplanet has basically gotten hysterical over the idea of the not-even-real-so-it-doesn't-even-matter suit. Can you imagine the outrage that flare up over a settlement on this kind of case?