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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.
Louisiana to pay $9M to a man shot in the back by state trooper during traffic stop
Louisiana authorities have agreed to pay $9 million to a man who was partially paralyzed from the waist down after a trooper shot him in the back during a 2018 traffic stop in Baton Rouge and then falsely reported it as a Taser discharge.
8th Circuit reinstates retaliatory arrest claim
The 8th Circuit ruled a Missouri officer is not entitled to qualified immunity in a case alleging false arrest and First Amendment retaliation.
Insurance firm ordered to pay $44M in suit filed by man freed from prison in Missouri
Ryan Ferguson wins $44M after insurer refused to pay most of his $11M police misconduct award stemming from a wrongful conviction overturned in Missouri.
Utah Supreme Court orders new trial in death row case after police misconduct surfaces
The Utah Supreme Court ruled Thursday that “numerous constitutional violations” during the trial and sentencing of a man who spent decades on death row merit a new trial.
Jury awards $18.75M in fatal police shooting
A jury awarded a plaintiff $18.75 million in a civil rights lawsuit stemming from a police shooting that left the plaintiff’s son dead.
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