Dugard, family file claims against Calif, citing lapses by state corrections department
By APFriday, February 26, 2010
Dugard, family file claims against Calif.
ANTIOCH, Calif. — Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard and her family have filed claims against the state of California for damages they say resulted from “various lapses” by the Department of Corrections.
Jon Myers, a spokesman for California’s Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, says Dugard, her two daughters and her mother, Terry Probyn, have filed claims.
Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy are charged with kidnapping Dugard in 1991 and holding her captive in their backyard for 18 years. Authorities say Garrido also fathered two children with the girl.
Parole agents began supervising Phillip Garrido in 1999 but failed to discover Dugard.
The claims say the failures by corrections officials led to psychological, physical and emotional damages in excess of $25,000.
Information from: Contra Costa Times
