| False Imprisonment Verdicts & Settlements |
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| Verdict & Settlement Disposition |
Description |
Case Name |
| $1,075,000 |
A man wrongfully convicted of rape and murder was released from prison after serving more than seven years of his sentence.
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Elkins v. State of Ohio
Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Ct. C.P., No. CR-98-06041 (4/17/06) |
| $488,605 |
While shopping in a sporting goods store, a nursing home aide was arrested for allegedly tampering with a security device on a jersey. |
Cruz v. Henry Modell & Company Inc.
E.D.N.Y., No. CV-05-1450 (3/13/07) |
| $170,000 |
A truck driver's verbal confrontation with a high-ranking detective developed into the officer arresting the driver for assaulting an officer and resisting arrest. |
McClellan v. City of Rensselaer
N.D.N.Y., No. 1:02-cv-01141-GLS-DRH (3/26/07) |
| $100,000 |
After a woman bickered with a police officer during his arrest of her son for possession, she was followed home by the officer and arrested for DUI. |
Mazar v. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
M.D., Fla. 8:06-cv-01512-JDW-MAP (7/18/07) |
| $55,000 |
A woman was arrested for allegedly forging a subpoena and entering a salesman's office at a car dealership. She alleged the dealership maliciously prosecuted her. |
Cooke v. UAG Fairfield
New Haven Co., Conn., Super. Ct., No. CV040486027S (7/28/06) |
| $45,000 |
A gas-station cashier's police report of being robbed resulted in her being arrested for theft. Her counsel contested the arrest was made without probable cause. |
Reedy v. County of Butler
W.D., Pa., No. 06-cv-01080 (3/5/07) |
| $17,000 |
A man and his brother were arrested for being disruptive when they publicly read the names of fallen Iraq war soldiers through a megaphone on Veterans Day. |
Tocher v. City of Santa Barbara
C.D., Calif., No. CV057050 (4/02/07) |
| $5,000 |
Plainclothes police officers of the SEPTA transport system used excessive force in arresting a man for smoking in a nonsmoking area. |
Taylor v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
E.D., Pa., No. 06-cv-3426-HB (5/4/07) |
| Defense |
Twin brothers were held on suspicion of shoplifting at a convenience store. Defense argued reasonable suspicion, and that Virginia law allowed for detention of the boys. |
Maness v. 7-Eleven Inc.
Arlington Co., Va., Cir. Ct., No. CL05000 (10/12/06) |
| Defense |
A telemarketer was arrested for trespassing when she returned to the apartment she had been evicted from. Her landlord disputed that she was a legal tenant. |
Mianabi v. Taheri Zahra
Los Angeles Co., Calif., Super. Ct., No. LC068610 (5/03/07) |
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The HOT Sheet is a sampling of verdicts, settlements and bench decisions reported by VerdictSearch during the past 12 months. It is not a comprehensive list. It is offered to show a variety of fact patterns and award amounts in a particular area of litigation. The amounts do not reflect reductions for comparative negligence, remittitur or vacatur. In situations where awards are automatically trebled by statute, the trebled amount is listed.
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