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Man who was denied epilepsy medication while in prison awarded $12M by federal jury

By: James | January 22, 2013

By Martha Neil

A man who said staff at an Illinois prison denied him his prescribed epilepsy medication while he was an inmate there was awarded $12 million on Friday by a federal jury in Chicago.

Raymond Fox suffered permanent brain damage from an aneurysm caused by a series of seizures and now requires personal care, his counsel told the jury, according to WBEZ and the Chicago Tribune. An earlier WBEZ article provides additional details.

An inmate in a neighboring cell said he heard Fox repeatedly pleading with officers and medical staff at Stateville Correctional Center that he needed his medicine, after his Dilantin prescription ran out.

“It’s about the psychology of not seeing the human portion of the people that are incarcerated for any...

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