Civil Rights Lawsuit Verdicts & Settlements

Civil Rights Law

• Police Brutality - A father of 4 is abused by the Manitou Springs Police Officer after a routine traffic stop causing him serious bodily injury. The Defendants, knowingly and with deliberate indifference to his constitutional rights, applied grossly excessive force to the Plaintiff. It was further alleged that the Chief of Police and the City of Manitou Springs have adopted policies, customs, procedures or practices of excessive use of force. Case resolved for a confidential amount prior to trial.
• Police Misconduct - The father of a 30 year old woman with schizophrenia creating a disturbance in her apartment calls police for a civil assist. Police officers arrive and confront decedent. She has a candelabra in her hand and police officer approaches her, allegedly instigates an altercation and shoots her five times, killing her. Case settled on behalf of woman's parents for a confidential amount with local municipality shortly after litigation is commenced in United States District Court.
• Police Brutality - A young man is stopped by police after leaving a liquor store with a six pack of beer. Young man gets scared as he is on probation for non-violent offense and runs. Police officer gets in car and chases young man across a park and onto a residential street where he hits him fracturing his leg in several places. Litigation initiated in United States District Court. Case settled for a confidential amount before trial.

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