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Excessive force
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New York Injury Cases Blog
Appellate Court Upholds Jury Verdict Finding Police Officer Caused Wrist Injury with Excessive Force and Negligence in Arrest but Reduces $1,100,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict to $450,000
On June 7, 2003, two New York City Police Department officers responded to a criminal trespass call at 439 East 135th Street in the Bronx where 48 year old Juanita…
New Jersey Public Safety Officers Law Blog
Termination of Corrections Officer Sustained
On December 21, 2009, the Appellate Division decidedIn the Matter of Edwin Garcia, Department of Corrections Hudson County, Docket No.: A-1404-08T3. In the case, Edwin Garcia appeals from the…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : October 29, 2009
While in the past I have tended to give my random observations on the state of things in Missoula, MT, where I lived until two months ago. Well, today we…
Idaho Criminal Defense Blog
“Don’t Tase Me Dude!” Prosecutor Won’t Prosecute.
Yesterday I wrote about an article in the Idaho Statesman concerning a finding by the Ombudsman that the Boise Police had gone too far when they tased a man -…
Idaho Criminal Defense Blog
Boise Police Used Excessive Force – The Real News Is The Ombudsman Finally Found A Problem!
An Idaho Statesman article reports on the findings of the Boise Police Ombudsman that officers used excessive force when they used their Taser on a suspect's "buttocks." OK - so another…
EvidenceProf Blog
I (Was) Shot (By) The Sheriff: Eleventh Circuit Incorrectly Applies Employee Admission Rule In Section 1983 Appeal
By Colin Miller
I strongly disagree with at least part of the recent opinion of the Eleventh Circuit in Lloyd v. Van Tassell, 2009 WL 179622(11th Cir. 2009), because I think that it…
Idaho Criminal Defense Blog
When Is It Excessive Force? Taser Time In The 11th Circuit
I happened to check out a blog entry tonight in which the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Buckley v. Haddock was reviewed. In Buckley, Court ruled that an…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Punitive Damages: Lewis v. City of Albany Police Dep’t
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Therehas been much debate in recent years on what ratio of punitive damages a courtshould be able to award. The FederalCivil Practice Bulletin has brought attention to Lewis v. City…
Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
APD: 5 Days for Fishing, 10 Days for Assault
Austin Police Department has suspended an officer for 10 days, ostensibly for excessive force: Detective Joseph Lorett has been suspended for 10 days after video from another officer's car shows…
EvidenceProf Blog
The Long Leg of the Law: Minnesota Court Finds Excessive Force Evidence inadmissible Against Police Officer Under Rule 404(b)
By Colin Miller
In Minnesota, a jury of six found police officer Donald Rasicot not guilty of misconduct and assault during the 2006 arrest of a drunken man in large part because the…