Jury awards $1.7 million in fatal police shooting of autistic man 
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 28, 2011
Tags: autism, California, police, shooting, wrongful death
A federal jury has awarded $1.7 million to the parents of an autistic man killed by a Los Angeles police officer.
Jury awards parents of slain woman $46 million
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: November 17, 2010
Tags: Pennsylvania, shooting, wrongful death
A Berks County, Penn. jury has awarded $46 million to the parents of Barbara J. West-Torres, ruling that her estranged husband fatally shot her on a Reading parking lot.
University reaches a settlement with shooting victim
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 9, 2010
Tags: Florida, police, shooting, university
The University of Florida has reached a settlement with a doctoral student shot on March 2 by a campus police officer.
Family wins $2.5 million in police lawsuit
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 18, 2010
Tags: Michigan, police, shooting, wrongful death
The family of Tommy Staples, Jr., shot to death by Detroit, Mich. police officers Barron Townsend and Steven Kopp in June, 2008, has won a settlement of $2.5 million in their wrongful death lawsuit.
City to pay slain woman’s family $4.9 million
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 17, 2010
Tags: Georgia, illegal raid, police, shooting, wrongful death
Four years after rogue APD narcotics officers killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during an illegal raid of her home, Atlanta, Ga. Mayor Kasim Reed has offered her family a $4.9 million settlement.
Family awarded $1.85 million in officer-involved shooting
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 13, 2010
Tags: shooting, unreasonable force, Wisconsin, wrongful death
A federal jury has awarded $1.85 million to the daughters of a man shot and killed by an off-duty Milwaukee, Wis. police officer five years ago.
Theater owners settle suit over shooting
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 12, 2010
Tags: shooting, Virginia, wrongful death
The owners of the Granby Theater will pay $1 million to the family of Thomas Holmes, a Norfolk, Va. man shot at a 2007 concert.
$2.2M settlement approved for man shot by deputies
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 9, 2010
Tags: California, Excessive Force, police, shooting
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a $2.2 million settlement for a man who was shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Compton and left a paraplegic.
County OKs $2.2 million settlement for man shot by deputy
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 4, 2010
Tags: California, paraplegic, police, shooting
The Los Angeles, Calif. Board of Supervisors today approved a $2.2 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by a man shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Compton and left a paraplegic.
Man awarded $5.8M for 2008 shooting
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: July 26, 2010
Tags: assault, shooting, Washington
A Kalama, Wash. home developer won a $5.8 million settlement against the man who shot him four times in 2008, according to court documents.
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