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[Charlie]

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/dani...-149758275.html

I think this deserves the biggest settlement in the history of lawsuits.

After days of being ignored, Chong said he tried to take his own life by breaking the glass from his spectacles with his teeth and then attempting to carve “Sorry mom,” on his arm. He said nurses also found pieces of glass in his throat, which led him to believe he ingested the pieces purposefully.


Chong said he could hear DEA employees and people in neighboring cells. He screamed to let them know he was there, but no one replied. He kicked the door, but no one came to get him.
By the time DEA officers found Chong in his cell Wednesday morning Chong was completely incoherent, said Iredale.

“I didn’t think I would come out,” Chong said.

He said when employees discovered him in the cell that they looked confused and nervous. A DEA employee rode with him to the hospital, where they paid for Chong’s visit.

He spent three days in the intensive care unit at Sharp Hospital and his kidneys were close to failing.

Source: DEA Ignored All My Cries: Student | NBC San Diego

[toph]

The problem is that $2 million in compensatory damages is just unrealistically low.

Also, "pain and suffering" damages are not punitive damages. They're actual damages, they're a tangible loss.