By Steve Browne
Valley City Times-Record

    The jury in a civil lawsuit against Barnes County and former jailer Kevin Schudar took less than one hour to reach a verdict and awarded the plaintiff no damages.
    Of 19 questions on the verdict form given to the jury, jurors answered only two.    
    On the question of whether Barnes County was at fault in the supervision of Schudar, the jury answered no.
    On the question of whether the plaintiff, Michele Grager, consented to sexual conduct with Schudar, the jury answered yes.
    Michele Grager, a former inmate of the Barnes County jail, brought the suit against Schudar, for assault, battery, deliberate infliction of emotional distress and violation of her civil rights, and against Barnes County for negligence in their supervision of Schudar.

For full story, see Tuesday's edition of the Valley City Times-Record.