A 50-year-old prisoner has won a $750,000 settlement from Manhattan
Detention Center after officials and doctors ignored an erection he suffered
which lasted around six days.
Rodney
Cotton was taking the anti-psychotic drug, Risperdal, when the bizarre erection
began. When he complained, prison officials just gave him an ice-pack and
Tylenol to take care of himself. Rather than help his condition, the items
worsened it. It wasn’t until he saw a third doctor that he received the care he
needed.
Just
like the story of creation, his penis finally rested on the seventh day but
Cotton successfully claimed in court that as a result of the prison’s
negligence, he now suffers from permanent damage and “loss of function” in his
genitalia.
“They
took my manhood,” he said. “It’s embarrassing. We’re here to create, I can’t
perform my duties as a man anymore.” The judge awarded him the huge amount as
compensation for his troubles.
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