In the days of multimillion-dollar lawsuits, I can't help feeling this settlement isn't much of a win for the plaintiffs. Below is the entirety of Michael P. Buffer's article from the Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) Citizens Voice:

The Luzerne County Correctional Facility Board voted Monday to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit about a 1995 suicide in the prison.

Luke Blumer, 19, hanged himself on Dec. 13, 1995, with bedsheets and shoelaces. The lawsuit alleged prison officials knew the Hazleton man was suicidal but still placed him in cell by himself without adequate supervision.

His wife, Nicole Blumer, and attorney, Joseph Rich, the administrator of his estate, sued the county.

The county is not accepting responsibility for the suicide by settling, Solicitor Jim Blaum said. The settlement was recommended by the county’s outside legal counsel, Blaum said.

The county must pay for expenses because it did not have liability insurance for the prison during the time the suit was filed.

Blumer was serving a sentence for burglary and criminal trespass. His sentence was for a minimum of two years.