The Alaska Department of Corrections will pay roughly $800,000 to inmate Jonathan Pace after an Anchorage jury found the department negligent in connection with a serious injury he suffered at a halfway house.
Pace fell from a top bunk while staying at the halfway house, suffering a traumatic brain injury. He also had a history of seizures before the fall.
The case went to trial at the Anchorage courthouse, where jurors considered evidence about the circumstances surrounding Pace’s fall, his medical history and the injuries he suffered…