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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.
Civil Rights: False Imprisonment-Qualified Immunity-Absolute Prosecutorial Immunity
Plaintiff spent an additional eight days in jail after his criminal charges were dismissed. Plaintiff filed suit against the district attorney and others, alleging they were responsible for his delayed […]
Criminal Law: False Imprisonment-Lesser-Included Offense
Where a defendant challenged his conviction for felonious restraint, arguing that the trial court plainly erred in failing to sua sponte instruct the jury on the nested, lesser-included offense of […]
Civil Rights: False Imprisonment-Falsification of Investigation-Deputized Federal Officer Liability
Defendant appealed the denial of her motions to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaints. Defendant, a local police officer who had been deputized as part of a federal sex-trafficking investigation, was alleged to […]
Civil Rights: Store-Policy Customer Inspection-False Imprisonment-Qualified Immunity
After making a purchase at a home supply store, plaintiff refused to let store employees, pursuant to posted store policy, inspect the trunk of his vehicle. The incident escalated into […]
Torts : False Imprisonment – Battery Claim – Shoplifting Detention
Barkley v. McKeever Enterprises, Inc. (MLW No. 67473/Case No. SC94253 – 37 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Wilson, J.; Russell, C.J., Breckenridge, and Fischer, JJ., concur; Stith., concurs in part and dissents in part in separate opinion; Draper and Teitelman, JJ., concur in opinion of Stith, J.)
Jury sides with bail bondsmen over search
A defense verdict reached in Jackson County may have validated Missouri’s private bail system.
Civil Rights : False Imprisonment – Drunk Passenger Arrest – Qualified Immunity
Meehan v. Thompson (MLW No. 66797/Case No. 13-2690 – 18 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)
Jurors side with bondsmen after scuffle during search
A Jackson County jury found in favor of the owner of a bail bonds company whose agents allegedly used a Taser on a man’s groin while improperly searching his home.
Jackson County jurors award damages for ‘abuse of power’
A man shoved to the floor and handcuffed by private security officers at a state office building in Kansas City won $1.3 million from a jury.
Civil Rights: Fourth Amendment – Qualified Immunity – False Imprisonment
Ulrich v. Pope County (MLW No. 65012/Case No. 12-2813 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Holmes, J.)
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