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New Trial Ordered in NY False Arrest and Beating Suit

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2008

Filed under: Civil Procedure, New Trial Motions, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police). Location: New York.

The jury found that the plaintiff had been falsely arrested and detained and had been the object of excessive force, but awarded only $1.00 in nominal damages.

If the evidence shows that a plaintiff's injuries were caused by excessive force, the failure to award compensatory damages is cause for a ...

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