civil rights lawsuit

May 1, 2026

Multimillion-dollar verdict handed down in St. Louis police shooting lawsuit

More than a decade after a police shooting involving a 14-year-old, a St. Louis City Circuit Court jury awarded $37 million in damages.

Dec 23, 2025

8th Circuit allows §1983 claims for detainee’s death to move forward

The 8th Circuit revives §1983 claims after detainee Jovon Mitchell died of a stroke in St. Louis County jail, finding plausible deliberate indifference.

Nov 25, 2025

Judge seeks settlement in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ civil rights lawsuit

A federal judge ordered talks in a lawsuit over legal access for detainees at Florida’s remote Alligator Alcatraz immigration center, seeking a settlement.

Oct 24, 2025

Louisiana jury awards more than $40M to family of man who died in privately-run jail

A federal jury found a private company running a Louisiana jail liable for the 2015 death of a man who died of head injuries he received while in custody, and awarded the family more than $40 million in damages.

Apr 1, 2025

Lawsuit by inmates challenging Tennessee’s plans to resume executions

Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its push for a new round of lethal injections after an execution was abruptly called off in 2022 and a follow-up investigation found scores of missteps in several executions.

Mar 24, 2023

Lawsuit: Officials ‘mocked’ Nevada prison-firefighter burns

Seven incarcerated firefighters from Nevada are suing state forestry and prison officials who they allege mocked and ignored burn injuries the prisoners received in April 2021 in a wildfire area carpeted by hot soil and burning embers.

Jun 7, 2022

$3M settlement reached in lawsuit over Black man’s death

A North Carolina sheriff's office announced a $3 million settlement on Monday in a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed in his car by sheriff’s deputies more than a year ago.

Mar 20, 2020

Insurance: Civil Rights Lawsuit-County Insurance Policy-Duty to Defend and Indemnify

Plaintiff appealed from the grant of judgment on the pleadings to defendant county, finding plaintiff had a duty to defend the county against a civil rights lawsuit filed against the […]

Feb 27, 2020

Officer who spoke out after drowning loses lawsuit

A federal appeals court affirmed the dismissal of a civil rights suit by a former Missouri Highway Patrol sergeant who spoke out against the patrol after a man drowned while […]

Feb 11, 2020

Judge: Detective immune in high-profile library-arrest case

The off-duty Kansas City Police Department detective who arrested a Kansas activist at a Kansas City Public Library event in 2016 is entitled to qualified immunity, a federal judge ruled […]

Feb 7, 2020

Man at center of board bills ruling sues county

The man at the center of a precedent-setting Missouri Supreme Court decision on board bills has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the county that charged him for his incarceration […]

Feb 4, 2020

8th Circuit judges toss civil rights lawsuit over arrest in Hayti

Eight years ago, Henry Hamilton got into an altercation with an apartment manager in the small Missouri town of Hayti. The manager’s boyfriend arrested him. The manager’s mother set a […]