| Excessive Force Verdicts & Settlements | Click on case name to purchase report | |
| Verdict & Settlement Disposition | Description | Case Name |
| $10,500,000 | Man killed in his apartment building during an undercover police raid. During struggle, an officer's gun discharged a fatal shot that pierced man's head. | Ferguson v. City N.Y. Bronx Co., N.Y., Sup. Ct., No. 18951/01 (6/06/07) |
| $5,000,000 | Man died following an altercation with a Houston K-9 officer. The police dog bit the man a few times in the back and torso while officer twice shot the man. |
Goodman v. Ashabranner S.D. Texas, No. H-03-4198 (9/28/07) |
| $4,458,644 | Two men alleged officers beat them without provocation after responding to a noise complaint for a party in their front yard. | Cazares v. City of Bell Gardens C.D. Calif., No. 2:06-cv-05985-VBF-JTL (4/14/08) |
| $3,500,000 | Man is in a vegetative state after seven officers restrained him during an arrest, where he was punched and kneed. | Magyar v. City of Tampa Hillsborough Co., Fla., Cir. Ct., 13th, No. 00-CA-001147 (12/13/07) |
| $500,000 | Prisoner claimed guards beat him for his complaints that guards were issuing false emergency codes so that they could then partake in beating inmates. | Joslyn v. Connecticut Department of Corrections. D. Conn., No. 3:07-cv-00305-JCH (7/25/07) |
| $250,000 | Las Vegas cop bashed man's head into a wall at a casino, and he claimed he was punched while handcuffed. | Davis v. The City of Las Vegas D. Nev., No. 2:02-cv-00007-JCM-PAL (1/18/08) |
| $150,000 | Teen claimed that cops pushed, choked and falsely arrested him while out in public celebrating a Philadelphia Eagles win. | McKenna v. The City of Philadelphia E.D. Pa., No. 2:07-cv-00110-wd (9/17/07) |
| $121,225 | Driver claimed that police stomped on his face after he allegedly bought drugs from undercover officers. | Torres v. City of Camden D.N.J. No. 1:05-cv-2434 9/17/07) |
| Defense | Man fatally shot by cop responding to bar fight. Defense argued the officer warned him three times to retreat as he approached the officer with a clenched fist. | Crouch v. City of Clearwater Pinellas Co., Fla., Cir. Ct., No. 93-2860-CI-15 (7/27/08) |
| Defense | While being questioned by detectives, a teen put her hand in her purse. An officer grabbed her wrist. Defense argued the grab was necessary for officer safety. | Borden v. The Town of Cheektowaga Erie Co., N.Y. Sup. Ct., No. 10577/06 (12/5/07) |
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