Verdicts
Mar. 31, 2007
Wrongful-Death Suit Is Settled Over Medical Care at L.A. Jail
LOS ANGELES - Attorney Robert Berke says he hopes a $475,000 settlement against Los Angeles County he won on behalf of a beatnik poet's widow will help force the county to improve the medical care it gives to inmates.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Attorney Robert Berke says he hopes a $475,000 settlement against Los Angeles County he won on behalf of a beatnik poet's widow will help force the county to improve the medical care it gives to inmates.
John Thomas Idlet, 71, died in custody in 2002 while serving a four-month jail sentence for a sex offense after caretakers alleged...
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