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 recently graduated high school students had gathered. He was there to ...
A Connecticut police department settled an excessive force claim for $50,000. This civil rights action was brought by a deaf couple who were pepper sprayed by two police officers during a domestic dispute.
The couple was hearing impaired and only communicated by sign language. When they got into a custody ...
The County of Los Angeles agreed to settle for $850,000 a lawsuit that alleged police used excessive force in killing a man after a pursuit. The County denies that police acted improperly, but entered into the settlement to avoid the cost of further litigation and a possible jury verdict greater ...
Washington’s Whatcom County has settled a claim that it was negligent in failing to monitor the actions of a probationer for $500,000. The lawsuit was brought by the parents of Michael C. Busby, Jr., 8, who was killed by the probationer.
The probationer, Ryan Alexander, was on juvenile home detention ...
Colorado federal prisoner Marion Bryant, Jr., brought a combined Bivens, 42 U.S.C § 1983 and federal tort action against federal guards and officials for excessive force in 1997. He alleged cruel and unusual punishment leading to injury, as well as due process violations leading to double jeopardy during punitive hearings. ...
Kinson Celestin, a federal prisoner housed in Texas, brought a combined Bivens and federal tort action against the United States in 1998 after allegedly being beaten by federal prison guards at a Colorado facility and subsequently being denied medical care. The multi million dollar suit settled for $10,000 in 2001. ...
Wisconsin federal prisoner Charles Anderson brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 for being food poisoned at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Marion, Illinois, in 1997. The $2,500 suit settled for less than $500 in 1999
Anderson was incarcerated at USP Marion in 1997. A ...
Wisconsin resident Evonie Bean, guardian of injured minor Tianna Fudge, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2001 after Fudge's fingertip was caught in a prison door and severed while at a prison visit. Details of the 2003 settlement agreement were not available due to a stipulated ...
Tennessee State residents Melinda and William Sexton brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1999 after Melinda slipped and fell at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Milan, Michigan, in 1997. The suit settled for $80,000 in 2000.
Melinda was a business related guest at FCI Milan ...
Colorado state resident Pamela Perse brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1995 after Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) personnel's negligence resulted in the death of her husband. The suit settled for $750,000 in 1997.
Marc Perse was a guard employed by the Colorado Department of Corrections ...