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Fri 12 Dec 2008€40,000 for family of man who died in Garda custody
THE FAMILY of a young father who died soon after falling unconscious in a Garda station, as a result of allegedly overdosing on methadone prescribed the previous day, has secured €40,000 in settlement of their High Court action for negligence against the Garda, the State and a doctor.
The settlement, made without admission of liability, arises from the death of Francis Brooks jnr, a heroin addict in his early 20s and the father of one son. A total of €23,000 of the settlement sum will go to his child.
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