Police Misconduct and Municipal Liability

$76 Million Verdict

$76 Million Verdict against New York City. NYPD undercover officers stopped a car with two male passengers. Officers mistakenly thought that the occupants of the car might have drugs. Both were severely and unjustifiably beaten with one client receiving brain damage. No weapons or drugs were in the vehicle.

$33 Million Jury Verdict

$33 Million Jury Verdict against Budget Rent-A-Car and the City of Los Angeles Police Department when switched license plates led to a traffic stop and subsequent police misconduct that caused permanent injuries to a Miami surgeon.

Record $104 Million Jury Verdict

Record $104 million Jury Verdict for two brothers rendered quadriplegic when diving off a city pier into shallow water. The beach was unattended by a life guard, and the pier did not have an adequate warning of danger.

$25 Million Jury Verdict

$25 Million Jury Verdict to a 40 year old incomplete quadriplegic when he fell from his wheelchair on a lift because of the negligence of the driver of a paratransit bus. This was the largest verdict for a single personal injury claim in Nevada history.

$18 Million Settlement

$18 Million Settlement awarded to the family of a victim who was pursued by a Chicago police officer. The victim was shot and killed when the police officer mistakenly assumed the victim had a gun. This case is reported to be the largest police misconduct/wrongful death settlement in Chicago.

$25.6 Million Structured Settlement

$25.6 Million Structured Settlement awarded to the victim whose legs were amputated above the knee as a result of the Staten Island Ferry accident. This was the second highest settlement ever paid by New York City.

$10.9 Million Settlement

$10.9 Million Settlement against Oakland Police officers known as the Riders when 119 individuals were falsely arrested after drugs were planted on them and were subjected to excessive force. This case brought reforms to the Oakland Police Internal Affairs Department, use of force reports, and new tracking systems for officer data.

$6.9 Million Settlement

$6.9 Million Settlement for the plaintiff who was sitting in a car parked on the side of a Los Angeles highway. The plaintiff’s vehicle was broadsided by a police vehicle driven by a LAPD officer. The police vehicle was traveling 51 miles per hour in a 35 miles per hour zone without sirens activated and had swerved to avoid a another moving vehicle.