$12 Million for Combat Veteran’s Wrongful Death in Police Shooting
On February 4th, 2020, Shasta County Sheriff’s Sergeant Jose Gonzalez shot and killed Thomas Barbosa, a 41-year-old combat veteran with severe PTSD. Barbosa was experiencing…
$11 Million Settlement for the Mario Gonzalez Case
OAKLAND, CA (December 15, 2023) — Civil rights law firm Haddad & Sherwin LLP announced today that it has won an $11 million settlement for…
$12.75 Million for Distraught Inmate’s Slow-Motion Suicide
In the largest settlement ever against Wellpath, a national for-profit correctional care company, Haddad & Sherwin LLP won a $12.75 million settlement for Katherine Johnson,…
$7 Million for Sacramento Freeway Shooting
Justice has prevailed in another case of an unjustified police shooting. Civil rights firm Haddad & Sherwin LLP have won a settlement of $7 million…
Haddad & Sherwin Settle Kris Jackson Suit for $4.5 Million
Haddad & Sherwin LLP this month reached a settlement in the police shooting case involving victim Kris Jackson. In June of 2015, Kris Jackson was…
$750,000 For Man Brutally Beaten by Vallejo Police
Carl Edwards was on his own front porch, working on a fence, minding his own business, when Vallejo Police Officer Spencer Muniz-Bottomley attacked him. Two…
$7.3 Million Settlement for Police Choke Hold Killing
This local case involved Pittsburg police officers’ use of a carotid hold and choke hold, and other highly injurious force, on video, while Beto Martinez…
$5.7 Million for Family of Man Shot by Vallejo Police Officer
The City of Vallejo agreed to pay $5.7 million to avoid trial against the children and parents of Ronell Foster, who was shot and killed…
Jail Death Attorneys in CA Win $5.1 Million Partial-Settlement from Death of Mentally Ill Inmate
In a still pending case, a California county and some of its medical providers have agreed to pay $5.1 million to the widow and son…