General Police Liability
General Legal Perspectives
- Police Policy Leads to Lawsuit
- Fairfax County Settles Lawsuit
- NYC Settles 50-Bullet Cop Lawsuit for $7 Million
- Transit System to Pay $1.5 Million Over Fatal Shooting
- New Jersey Police Department Releases Anti-Climactic Reports
- Oakland to Pay Suspect Shot By Officer $1.2M
- Suit Dismissed Over Girl’s Death In SWAT Shooting
- New Jersey Trooper Fined in Fatal Crash
- City Pays Settlement in 1995 Police Shooting Case
- Suit: Pregnant Detroit police forced to take leave
- Failure to train Lawsuit for Off Duty Deputy’s Actions
- Girl, 10, sues NYPD, saying officer handcuffed her
- Girl, 10, sues NYPD, saying officer handcuffed her
- Failure to train Lawsuit for Off Duty Deputy’s Actions
- Veteran CA Police Officer Sues City For $10 Million
- olice officer sues LAPD and Los Angeles, alleging religious discrimination
- Dallas, police officers sued over tickets
- Police officer sues LAPD and Los Angeles, alleging religious discrimination
- Veteran D.C. police officer sues department for $100M
- State Police Back On Hook In Fatal Shooting Lawsuit
- Former Oregon officer claims police trainer violated law
- Court: CA Police Officer Entitled to Benefits for Vacation Injury
- Federal Agent Files Lawsuit Over Taser Incident
- Jury Awards More Than $2 Million To Man Shot By Police
- $12 Million In Cop Shooting of Unarmed Man
- Family says poorly trained Denver cops killed unarmed man
- Jury Awards $3.9 Million to Police Victim’s Family
- Nevada Court Gives Police More Vehicle Search Powers
- L.A. County nears $1-million settlement with slain inmate’s family
- Utah Supreme Court says off-site sobriety test was unconstitutional
- Major sues state police, claims she was denied promotions
- Jury sides with TX officer in excessive-force lawsuit
- Police Shooting Lawsuit Settled
- Newark to Pay $3.6M to Settle Lawsuit Over Police Pursuit
- Oakland faces lawsuit over police strip – searches
- Parade of lawsuits targets Sandy Police Department
- Las Vegas police to pay record $1.48 million to settle lawsuit
- Female MI Cops Take Sex Bias Complaints to Fed Court
- Chicago to Pay $5.2 Million in Police Shooting of Paralyzed Man
- Wrongly jailed man to get $3.9 million
- 4 officers sue LA Police Department, allege discrimination
- Hudspeth Shooting Lawsuit Dismissed
- $1.6 Million Lawsuit Settled In School Raid
- City Settles Cop Shooting Case; New Questions Emerge
- $600,000 Verdict Affirmed Against 3 Phila. Officers
- Woman files $9M lawsuit in Ottawa Hills traffic stop
- Police Shooting Lawsuit Dismissed
- Trooper crossed line with lie, court rules
- Everett, WA settles lawsuit for $500,000
- Teen’s Lawsuit Demands Officers Learn Spanish
- Lawsuit Filed Over Handcuffing
- Woman whose shooting ‘unjustified’ files suit against officer
- Former NFL Bengals Player Sues City for $50 million
- Spokane Cops: Better Verbal Cmmnds Needed in Taser Incident
- SWAT Team Caused Wrongful Death
- OH Sheriff’s Deputy Will Get $90K to Drop Race Case
- $1.5M claim filed in killing by WI cop
- Douglas, AZ cop sues city for nearly $1 million
- Las Vegas Police Sued For Shooting
- City Liable In Shooting Death
- Brattleboro Settles Police-Shooting Case
- Wrongful death suit filed in pursuit
- CA Police, stun-gun firm sued in man’s death
- Couple sues over MO police response to disturbance
- County, Family Settle Police-Shooting Lawsuit
- ACLU Files Suit Against Suffolk County Police Department
- Suit asking $2M from police dismissed
- Officers sue Alcoa police department over alleged discrimination
- Chicago Settles Police Response Lawsuit For $4M
- Sheriff’s Deputy Mistakes Pistol For Taser
- Officer arrested in fatal shooting
- Lawsuit Accuses Compton School Police of Sleeping on Duty
- Dearborn to pay $6 million in police crash death
- Harris County deputy indicted after firing gun during chase
- Missed Gun: Jailer suspended over inmate search
- Bystanders can sue police over chases
- Pregnant cops’ case to jury
- Police officers sue for pregnancy bias
- VT Shooting Settlement Reached
- Federal Suit Alleges Unlawful Arrest
- Family sues officers over police pursuit
- Juries side with city when cases alleging excessive force go all the way to trial level
- City Moves to Settle Police Shooting Lawsuit for $1.75 Million
- Family settles with Portage, WI police
- Lawsuit Over Family Killed By Off-Duty Officer Settled
- Grand Jury: CT Police Officer Not Justified in Shooting
- SD City Settling Lawsuit Over Interrogation Tactics
- Cop suing chief, fellow officers
- Family sues over mistaken police raid
- Judge rules police dorm patrols violate privacy
- Gay Man Sues Police Claiming Arrest Unfair, Biased
- Newton, MA man sues police for wrongful arrest, beating
- Labor department: Slain officer was not wearing bulletproof vest
- Redmond Police Department Faces $1 Million Suit
- Supreme Court: 911 dispatcher must give assurance of help or else county not liable for negligence
- Lawsuit filed in deadly shooting
- Jury: Officer’s force excessive in Rialto death
- NE Court holds cities liable in police-chase crashes
- FL Police chase liability bill
- Complete text of the grand jury’s report
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