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Date: 06-21-2018
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Carol Ann Conforti v. Ocean County Corrections Department
Ocean County Courthouse, Tom River, New Jersey
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Judge: Not Avaiable
Court: Superior Court, Ocean County, New Jersey
Plaintiff's Attorney: Don Burke
Defendant's Attorney: John Sahradnik
Description: Tom River, NJ - Jury Finds In Favor of Plaintiff and Awards Her $1.5 Million
Carol Ann Conforti sued the Ocean County Corrections Department on a wrongful death negligence theory claiming that the employees of the jail failed to exercise due care in the incarceration of her husband, Kenneth, age 45, and, as a direct result, he hanged himself in his cell on October 20, 2010.
Kenneth Conforti suffered from excruciating and chronic back pain and was denied pain medication.
Conforti was in jail for violating a restraining order relating to the conditions of visitation with his son.
The county denied wrongdoing.
Outcome: Plantiff's verdict for $1.5 million.
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