The Fresno Police Department paid $2.2 million to the parents of Jaime Reyes, Jr., who was shot in the back as he fled police. Police recovered an unloaded stolen gun, wrapped in a plastic bag in his pocket. In addition to compensation, the FPD agree…
The Chico Police Department agreed to pay $400,000 to a young man whose knee was dislocated by Chico officers after a college party. Officers falsely accused the young man – who was celebrating his 21st birthday – of being drunk, then tackled him wi…
The City of Livermore agreed to pay $150,000 to a young man who was slammed into a light pole by Officer Michael Busevac in 2013. Witnesses testified that the large officer swung the young man like a rag doll, smashing his body into a metal pole. W…
63-year-old Walther Weiland, driving his Mini Cooper, unwittingly enraged an off-duty Concord Police Officer while driving in heavy traffic on Highway 24. Officer Kevin Mansourian plowed his Infinity into Weiland’s car, driving him off the road, the…
21-year-old Shaymus Digiantomasso had been a jail detention officer with another county when he began having mental health issues. He was arrested for a minor crime and taken to the Kings County Jail, where despite clear warnings that he was unstabl…
Haddad & Sherwin won a $50,000 verdict after a bench trial for a man who was Tased once by a national park ranger after he walked away from her while she was giving him a warning for having a small dog off-leash. The Court found that the National Pa…
The City of Santa Clara agreed to pay $499,000 to a federal law enforcement officer and his parents to end a civil rights lawsuit they brought after Santa Clara police officers illegally raided their home. The City also agreed to support our client,…
After over four years of litigation and finishing the first week of a 10 week trial, Alameda County and Corizon Health, Inc., a national for-profit jail health care corporation, have ended a wrongful death civil rights case by agreeing to pay $8.3 mi…
$218,000 jury verdict for champion bodybuilder, 2006 “Mr. Universe”, who was also a Type 1 Diabetic. Police severel beat him while he was suffering from insulin shock. The jury found officers failed to follow their training for handling people hav…
$2.6 million was paid to the family of 31-year-old Rogelio “Roger” Serrato Jr., who was killed when members of the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team set fire to his Greenfield, California, home with a flash-bang stun grenade during their a…