Horwitz Law, PLLC has secured a record-setting $290,000.00 settlement from Rutherford County, Tennessee arising from the suicide of an arrestee housed in the Rutherford County jail. The settlement represents a near-maximum recovery—awards for negligence claims filed against the government are capped by state law at just $300,000.00—for Horwitz Law, PLLC client Kristy Fairchild, who filed the case for the benefit of her granddaughter.
“Tennessee’s prisons and jails owe a duty of care to the people they incarcerate, and governments have a legal responsibility to protect vulnerable prisoners from foreseeable harm,” said Horwitz Law, PLLC principal Daniel A. Horwitz, Mrs. Fairchild’s lead counsel. “This case should serve as a warning that violating policies designed to keep prisoners safe and failing to protect them from foreseeable dangers can carry significant financial consequences.”
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