Personal Injury & Torts
Aug. 24, 2012
US, inmate settle Valley fever lawsuit for $425,000
The U.S. government will pay $425,000 in a first-of-its-kind settlement over claims a former prison inmate contracted a potentially deadly disease known as "Valley fever" while at a Kern County correctional facility.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The U.S. government will pay $425,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former prison inmate who says he contracted a potentially deadly disease known as Valley fever during his time in a Kern County correctional facility.
The settlement, approved this week by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Feess in Los Angeles, is the first to stem from the rash of Valley fever infections that have plagued California priso...
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