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Washington DOC Pays $2.2 Million to Settle Inadequate Supervision Claim Resulting in Death by The Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) agreed to pay $2.2 million to the family of a man who was brutally beaten by a probationer. The lawsuit claimed WDOC was liable for wrongful death because it …
Article • April 15, 2009
Connecticut Deaf Couple Receive $50,000 to Settle Pepper Spray, Excessive Force Claim by A Connecticut police department settled an excessive force claim for $50,000. This civil rights action was brought by a deaf couple who were pepper sprayed by two police officers during a domestic dispute. The couple was hearing …
Article • April 15, 2009
Elderly Couple Awarded $345,000 for Excessive Force During Arrest by A jury in Missouri’s Jackson County Circuit Court has awarded an elderly couple $345,000 on a claim that Kansas City police used excessive force to arrest them. The jury only took three hours to render its May 9, 2008 verdict. …
Article • April 15, 2009
Homeless Michigan Man Nets $20,000 for Outrage Claim Stemming from Pepper Spray Arrest by A federal jury in Michigan awarded a mentally ill homeless man $20,000 for outrage claims involving two Mt. Clemens police officers pepper spraying him during an arrest. The arrest occurred on June 27, 2002, after Officers …
Los Angeles County Pays $850,000 in Shooting Death of Suspect by The County of Los Angeles agreed to settle for $850,000 a lawsuit that alleged police used excessive force in killing a man after a pursuit. The County denies that police acted improperly, but entered into the settlement to avoid …
Minnesota Woman Receives $310,000 for Rape by Deputy by A Minnesota woman who was raped by a Cass County Sheriff’s deputy has received $310,000 in settlements and jury verdicts. Wanda Jones was arrested on December 31, 2001 for probation violations after she became drunk at the American Legion in Walker, …
Article • April 15, 2009
New Jersey County Settled Guards Free Speech/Union Busting Suit for $240,000 by New Jersey’s Morris County has settled a series of lawsuits that claimed jail officials violated guards’ rights to free speech and union activities. The settlement pays $240,000 but the majority of that is to pay the plaintiffs’ attorney …
Article • April 15, 2009
$28 Million Awarded in Excessive Force Verdict in Police Killing of Child by A federal jury in Pittsburgh has awarded the family of a 12-year-old who was shot and killed by two Pennsylvania state troopers. The shooting occurred on Christmas Eve, 2002. The jury’s verdict followed a two week trial. …
Article • April 15, 2009
$50,000 Settlement for Illegal Strip Search After Arrest at Bush Rally by Iowa’s State Appeal Board has settled a lawsuit claiming retired school teachers Alice McCabe and Christine Nelson were illegally strip searched after being arrested at a 2004 campaign stop by President Bush. The settlement of $50,000 comes in …
Article • April 15, 2009
$75,000 Award in Excessive Force by Minneapolis Police During Arrest by A Minneapolis, Minnesota state jury has awarded a man $75,000 for excessive force being used against him during an arrest. Worthington police officer Randy Liepold responded to a domestic dispute on November 7, 2005. Upon arriving at the residence, …
Article • April 15, 2009
$275,000 Settlement to Louisiana Man for Excessive Force by Police by The police department in Lousiana’s St. James Parish has agreed to pay $275,000 to Daniel Moody, who claimed that police officer Andre Cavalier used excessive force when arresting him. Cavalier had come to a residence where a group of …
$350,000 Verdict for Malicious Prosecution, False Arrest Claim by A jury in Virginia’s Richmond County Circuit Court has awarded a man $350,000 for injuries incurred during an arrest. Brian Soyars III was arrested outside a bar on January 1, 2006. Ironically, Soyars called police to report that he had witnessed …
Article • April 15, 2009
$717,000 Award to Motorist Injured in High Speed Police Chase by An Alabama jury awarded $717,217 to a motorist injured when a vehicle involved in a high speed chase with police crashed into him. On May 5, 2005, a Birmingham Police Officer began pursuit of Brandon Bearden, who was driving …
Baltimore Settles Officers’ Lawsuit in Rogue Unit Scandal by The City of Baltimore has issued an apology and agreed to a $290,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by two Baltimore police officers wrongfully accused of illegal acts related to a rogue police unit. The City’s rare public apology was a …
Colorado DOC Settles Employee Sex Discrimination Suits by The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has agreed to reinstate one employee and pay her and another woman who were sexually discriminated against a total of $286,210 to settle their lawsuit against CDOC. The suit named CDOC, its former Executive Director, Joe …
Article • April 15, 2009
$1 Million Award in Murder for Hire Plot by An Oregon jury has awarded a woman who sued her estranged husband for hiring someone to kill her $1,053,783. When Susan Kuhnhausen returned home from her job as a nurse, she was attacked by Edward Dalton Haffey. Susan received blows to …
Article • April 15, 2009
$1.5 Million Award Against Newspaper for Defaming Indiana Police Officer by An Indiana jury has ordered The Tribune Star in Terre Haute, Indiana, to pay $1.5 million to a police officer who claimed the newspaper defamed him by stories it published. The jury’s verdict on July 28, 2004, awarded Clay …
$1.35 Million Settlement in Fatal California Police Shooting by California’s Alameda County has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit that claimed police were liable for killing a bystander to a confrontation with police for $1.35 million. Officers David Taylor and Tara Russell responded to a Dublin house on August 11, …
Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required by Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required The Colorado Court of Appeals held that prisoners in a private for-profit prison could sue the prison company, in …
Missouri Prisoner Wins $25,000 in Police Excessive Force Case; Attorney Fees Limited to $37,500 by PLRA by Missouri Prisoner Wins $25,000 in Police Excessive Force Case; Attorney Fees Limited to $37,500 by PLRA The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, following the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), …
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