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Family can sue over blocked medical care

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   March 14, 2008

The family of a now-deceased illegal immigrant who said he was denied medical care for cancer can sue the federal government for damages, a federal judge ruled, calling the allegations "beyond cruel and unusual" punishment. A U.S. attorney's office spokesman said the government might appeal.

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