Timberland Boots

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/timberlands.pdf"><strong>ruled</strong></a> that a lower court properly dismissed a group of inmates’ claims that a new Department of Corrections rule that prevents inmates from possessing Timberland boots in prison violates consumer protection law. The boots were banned after an inmate attacked and killed a prison guard by kicking him in the head with his boots. </span>

HARRISBURG, Penn. – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a lower court properly dismissed a group of inmates’ claims that a new Department of Corrections rule that prevents inmates from possessing Timberland boots in prison violates consumer-protection law. The boots were banned after an inmate attacked and killed a prison guard by kicking him in the head with his boots.

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