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Article • January 15, 2010
$100,000 Settlement in Assault and Battery Claim During Baltimore Youth’s Arrest by A $100,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit that claimed a Baltimore City police officer was too aggressive when subduing a teenager, causing serious internal injuries. While patrolling an area on January 27, 2007, which had experienced a …
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Article • December 15, 2009
$4.6 Million Federal Jury Award to New York Man Pushed Off Roof by Cop by On April 7, 2009, a New York federal jury awarded $4.2 million to a man who was rendered paraplegic when a rookie cop pushed him off a roof. Shawn Lewis, 32, was chased to the …
Article • December 15, 2009
8th Circuit Affirms $10,000 Excessive Force Verdict by On November 4, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a $10,000 jury verdict for a Minnesota man who was subjected to excessive force by a University of Minnesota police officer. Charles Gill sued officer Geoff Maciejewski after …
Article • December 15, 2009
$3 Million Jury Award in Tasering Death of Schizophrenic Man by On March 2, 2009, a Harris County, Texas jury awarded the mother and estate of a man shocked to death by Harris County Precinct 1 Constable's Deputies $3,000,000. Joel Don Casey, a highly-functional schizophrenic, was calmly kicked back on …
Brief • November 14, 2009
Sarmiento v. County of Orange, CA, Deposition - Cope, February 13, 2009 Case 8:06-cv-00586-DOC-AN Document 291 Filed 11/14/2009 Page 1 of 124 SACV 06-0586 DOC - 2/13/2009 - Day 4, Volume I 1 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 HONORABLE DAVID O. CARTER, JUDGE PRESIDING …
Article • October 15, 2009
$42,500 Settlement By City of Baltimore in Excessive Force Arrest Suit by The City of Baltimore, Maryland paid $42,500 to settle the excessive use of force claim during arrest brought by Anthony E. Chase. On December 3, 2005, around midnight, Chase was arrested by officer Eric L. Thomas and another …
$1.95 Million Settlement in Michigan Man’s Taser Death by Michigan’s Shelby Township has paid $1.95 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed police used excessive force by using a Taser that resulted in a man’s death. Police confronted Steven Spears, 49, on August 4, 2007, after receiving a 911 call …
Article • October 15, 2009
$90,000 Settlement for Tasering Epileptic by Washington State’s City of Lakewood paid $90,000 to settle the claim of a man who was tasered and punched after having an epileptic seizure. The man, identified as Mr. Grider, had a history of epileptic seizures that he quickly recovered from. While at work, …
Article • October 15, 2009
$100,000 Settlement in Tort Suit Over Assault by Baltimore Police Officer by The City of Baltimore, Maryland, paid $100,000 to settle a tort claim of assault and assault and battery for injuries sustained by teenager Donald Kosh during a foot chase and subsequent arrest. While on patrol on January 27, …
LA Agrees To Pay $12,550,000 To Settle Police Brutality Suit by The City of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $12,550,000 to settle a class action suit brought by protesters who were injured and intimidated by the LAPD during a May 1, 2007, march protesting the treatment of immigrants and …
Brief • September 24, 2009
Davidson v. City of Chicago, IL, Testimony of Schmitz, Police Shooting of a Juvenile, 2009 1 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS SS: 2 3 COUNTY OF COOK IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - LAW DIVISION 4 5 CHANTEL DAVIDSON, a Minor by and through her Mother …
Brief • September 23, 2009
Beecham v. City of West Sacramento, CA, Plf Opp Def Motion, Police Excessive Force Gun False Arrest Strip Search, 2009 1 4 MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114) JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268) HADDAD & SHERWIN 505 Seventeenth Street Oakland, California 94612 Telephone: (510) 452-5500 Fax: (510) 452-5510 …
Article • September 15, 2009
$14,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Excessive Force and Failure to Treat Seizure Disorder by Washington State’s King County paid $14,310.10 to settle the claim of Nikki Stivers, who was arrested on October 1, 2002 by Federal Way police at her home on a warrant. Stivers’s partner warned police that she …
Article • September 15, 2009
$20,000 Settlement to Attorney Attacked/Arrested by Guard in Courtroom by Washington State’s King County has paid $20,000 to settle the claim of attorney Nicholas George, who was attacked and arrested on August 22, 2002 by jail guards Floyd Drane and Bruce Lockhart. Despite not asking any other attorneys and knowing …
Article • September 15, 2009
Summary Judgment Denied Illinois Lawmen for Assaulting Prisoner During Booking by In August 2007, Tony Swift was arrested by Wiliamson County, Illinois Sheriff's Deputies Kyle Rinella and Jeff Hutchinson (Defendants) on charges of disorderly conduct. Soon thereafter, Plaintiff Swift's attorney, Hugh R. Williams of Carbondale, Illinois, filed suit pursuant to …
$1,423,127 in Attorney Fees Awarded in Taser Suit; Damages Reduced by A California federal district court has awarded $1,423,127 in attorney fees in the first lawsuit to result in a verdict against TASER International for failing to warn purchasers its electronic control devices pose a risk of acidosis, to a …
Vodak v. City of Chicago, IL, Motion for Stay of Execution, Police Excessive Force, 2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION KEVIN VODAK, et al, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, …
Article • July 15, 2009
Texas Teen Settles for $65,000 in Excessive Force Case by On May 20, 2008, 17-year-old Khandiese Cooper accepted a settlement of $65,000 in a Section 1983 claim involving excessive force and false arrest. Ms. Cooper, represented by attorneys Vic Feazell and Austin Tighe of Austin, Texas, filed suit against the …
Article • July 15, 2009
Washington Woman Receives $79,000 Settlement in Unlawful Arrest, Excessive Force Case by On March 25, 2008, Melissa Scott accepted a $79,000 as settlement for her §1983 claims of unlawful arrest and excessive force against the City of Bremerton and Bremerton police officer William Cook. Plaintiff's attorneys, Andrew Williams and Steve …
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