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Mississippi Woman Awarded $75,000 for Wrongful Incarceration Due to Court Clerk Error by On October 19, 2005, a federal jury in Mississippi awarded Michelle Hobbs $75,000 after she was wrongfully detained for 4 hours based on an arrest warrant mistakenly issued by a court clerk. Hobbs's initial arrest occurred in …
Article • May 15, 2009
Plaintiffs Prevail in Objections to Taxed Bill of Costs by Following their arrest, conviction and imprisonment in 2002, Plaintiffs Kimberly Sykes and Tevya Urquhart, had the convictions overturned on appeal in 2004. Each woman then filed suit against various police officers in 2005 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 alleging …
Youth Club Volunteer Wins $269,000 Judgment Against Seattle Police Officer; Court Orders $147,164 in Attorney’s Fees by In May 2008, Romelle Bradford, a youth club volunteer in Seattle, Washington, was awarded $269,000 by a federal jury for civil rights violations perpetrated by Seattle Police officer Jacob Briskey. Bradford, the 2003 …
$15,000,000 Verdict for LA Police Officers Upheld by On July 14, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a $15,000,000 verdict for three LA police officers who suffered civil rights violations related to an improper and negligent investigation into the officers’ alleged illegal conduct. Paul Harper, …
Brief • May 5, 2009
Gillespie v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, False Arrest, 2009 Case: 1:09-cv-02733 Document #: 1 Filed: 05/05/09 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JERRY GILLESPIE, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, …
Brief • May 1, 2009
Hudson v. City of Salem, OR, SJ Order, False Arrest & Excessive Force, 2009 Case 3:07-cv-00226-ST Document 92 Filed 05/01/2009 Page 1 of 65 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON TROY HUDSON, SR.; AUTUMN HUDSON; KEVIN HUDSON; and TROY HUDSON, JR., CV-07-226-ST Plaintiffs, OPINION AND …
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. …
False Imprisonment, False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution Claims Cognizable Under FTCA by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the United States has waived sovereign immunity under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for claims alleging false imprisonment, false arrest and malicious prosecution arising out of acts or …
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 …
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
$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
California Unlawful Arrest and Excessive Force Nets $90,000 by The City of Salinas, California paid a Daly City man $90,000 to settle his lawsuit for unlawful arrest, detention and excessive force. Maurice Goodman, an African American staff paralegal for the San Mateo County Superior Court, and coach and team president …
$4,000,000 Award Against LA County Sheriff for Wrongful Death Shooting by On November 20, 2002, Robert Mitchell, a black man recently released from prison, was shot dead by LA County Deputy Rick Manes after being mistakenly identified as a burglar. Although directly contradicted by several eyewitness accounts, Manes asserted the …
$16,000 Awarded in Father's Day False Arrest by On November 30, 2005, John McHenry of Delaware County, Pennsylvania was awarded $1,000 in compensatory damages and an additional $15,000 in punitive damages as a result of his civil rights suit for false arrest. On June 16, 2002, Father's Day, McHenry was …
Article • April 15, 2009
$79,000 Settlement in Washington State Excessive Force/Unlawful Arrest Suit by On March 25, 2008, the City of Bremerton, Washington, and Bremerton Police Officer William Cook settled an unlawful arrest and excessive force lawsuit for $79,000. Cook arrested Melissa Scott, a U.S. government employee, for littering after she refused to obey …
Article • April 15, 2009
California Supreme Court Holds Records of Illegal Search Exempt from Disclosure Under Public Records Act by In July 1999, Elgin Haynie was pulled over by Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff David Mertens because Haynie's vehicle matched the description of one reported minutes earlier through 911. After searching the van and …
Brief • April 8, 2009
Beecham v. City of West Sacramento, CA, Jury Instructions, officer beating false arrest, 2009
$2,925,000 in Recent Settlements Involving Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The most recent developments in a thirty-year history of abuse and medical neglect of prisoners by Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) include three lawsuits in which the county paid almost $3 million …
$185,000 Settlement For Man Needlessly Beaten By Seattle Police by Seattle resident Maikoiyo Alley Barnes (plaintiff) brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Seattle police after being beaten in 2005 for questioning a sergeant's motives to ticket his friend for littering. The suit settled for $185,000. The plaintiff questioned …
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