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"CHARLESTON -- A woman is suing the West Virginia Regional Jail Authority after she claims she was sexually harassed, abused and assaulted by a correctional officer.<br /><br />The West Virginia Division of Corrections, C.O. Joshua Fixx and an unknown and unnamed man were also named as defendants in the suit.<br /><br />Danielle Marie Norris was incarcerated at the Eastern Regional Jail when she was sexually harassed, abused and assaulted by Fixx, according to a complaint filed April 16 in Kanawha Circuit Court.<br /><br />Norris claims the unknown person conspired with, aided and abetted, acted as a lookout, served as an accessory before and after the fact and acted as a principal with regard to Fixx's actionable activities.<br /><br />The state jail authority and Division of Corrections failed to intervene and protect Norris from harm, according to the suit.<br /><br />Norris claims the defendants also failed to see to her safety and breached a duty to properly hire, supervise, train and retain staff.<br /><br />The defendants knew or should have known that placement in the jail with Fixx exposed Norris to substantial risk of serious injury, according to the suit.<br /><br />Norris is seeking compensatory and punitive damages. She is being represented by Charles S. Trump IV.<br /><br />The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge Tod J. Kaufman.<br /><br /><em>Kanawha Circuit Court case number: 12-C-663</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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