Lawsuit alleges abuse at state health center

Monday, June 3, 2002

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A federal lawsuit by two women allege their sons were slammed face-first on a hardwood floor and battered by staff members at a Missouri-run mental health center in Marshall, Mo.

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