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Case Details
The plaintiff was assaulted and raped by a mistakenly released New York State Correctional Facility prisoner. A second woman was raped and killed by the same prisoner.
Additional Notes
The law firm tried the case jointly with the second victim’s attorney and obtained a combined verdict for $5,500,000. The verdict was the first in which the State of New York was held liable for injuries caused by the mistaken release of a prison convict. Franklin Scruggs was mistakenly released years before his sentence was up due to a clerical error. The State sought to shield itself behind the doctrine of governmental immunity, but it was ultimately decided that the government was not shielded from liability.
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