Officers may be liable for use of dog to subdue driver 
Published: January 19, 2012
Tags: civil rights, Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, §1983
A driver could proceed with an excessive force lawsuit against officers who allegedly allowed a police dog to bite him repeatedly after he fled from a traffic stop, the 11th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Conviction doesn’t bar suit over police shooting
Published: November 14, 2011
Tags: civil rights, Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, wrongful death, §1983
A wrongful death lawsuit arising from a police shooting is not barred by the conviction of the victim’s companion at the time for assault on an officer, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Officers may be liable for use of beanbag gun
Published: November 10, 2011
Tags: civil rights, Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, §1983
Police officers may be liable for violating the civil rights of a suicidal young man who they shot and killed after attempts to subdue him with a beanbag gun failed, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Officers immune from liability for ‘excessive’ Taser use
Published: October 24, 2011
Tags: Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, Taser, §1983
Police who may have violated the Fourth Amendment by using their Tasers in an excessive manner are nonetheless entitled to immunity from civil rights claims, the en banc 9th Circuit has ruled.
Jury finds city liable for man’s death
Published: September 26, 2011
Tags: California, Excessive Force, police, police brutality, wrongful death
A federal jury has awarded a $4.5 million to the family of Martin Frederick Cotton II, who died in the custody of Eureka, Calif. police in 2007.
Officer faces liability for grabbing gun instead of Taser
Published: August 26, 2011
Tags: civil rights, Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, Taser, §1983
A police officer may be liable for mistakenly shooting a suspect with a gun when she meant to subdue him with a Taser, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Officer settles civil rights suit alleging excessive force
Published: August 10, 2011
Tags: civil rights, Excessive Force, false arrest, Massachusetts
A Westport, Ma. police officer has settled a civil rights lawsuit filed against him by a man who alleged the officer falsely arrested him and used excessive force last year.
Excessive force suit settled for $650,000
Published: August 4, 2011
Tags: California, deputy, Excessive Force, police
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging sheriff’s deputies used excessive force against two men arrested during a traffic stop.
Excessive force suit may be based on de minimis injury
Published: June 8, 2011
Tags: Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, §1983
A plaintiff may prove an unreasonable seizure based on officers’ excessive use of force without necessarily showing more than a de minimis injury, the 8th Circuit has ruled.
Police pay $1 million to family of choke hold victim
Published: May 24, 2011
Tags: Excessive Force, Nevada, police, wrongful death
A committee that oversees Metro Police finances this morning approved the department’s largest monetary settlement in more than two years to resolve an incident in which a man died after an officer used a “sleeper hold” on him.
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