Supreme Court Rejects Appeals Over Police ‘Qualified Immunity’ June 19, 2020 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court this week refused to take up a new test of “qualified immunity,” rejecting several appeals that...
REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT: A United Front Takes Aim at Police Immunity From Lawsuits May 11, 2020 By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung The diverse opponents of qualified immunity have thrown their weight behind at least five appeals now awaiting the Supreme Court’s...
Opinion: What If Public Employees Could Sue Government Over Covid-19? May 7, 2020 By Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg Opinion Suppose you’re working in an essential industry and your employer hasn’t provided you with adequate personal protective equipment. Maybe you...
Indiana City Shares Responsibility for Crash That Killed 3, Lawsuit Says February 21, 2019 A lawsuit says a northern Indiana city shares responsibility for a crash that killed two children and a man who...
Lawyer Hit by Garbage Can to Get $2.1 Million from Insurers for Des Moines December 28, 2017 Insurers for the city of Des Moines paid $2.1 million to a lawyer who alleged he suffered head injuries when...
Taser Deaths Produce at Least 442 Lawsuits Against Police, Municipalities: Reuters August 22, 2017 By Peter Eisler, Grant Smith and Jason Szep In a first-of-its-kind review of court documents, police reports, other public records and news accounts, Reuters compiled the most comprehensive...
Supreme Court Takes Up Case on Liability When Police Provoke Violence December 6, 2016 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Los Angeles County and two police officers must pay a $4 million...
New York City Pays $2.7M in Autistic Teen’s Death August 2, 2016 New York City has agreed to pay $2.7 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of...
Massachusetts City Settles Coerced Confession Claim for $2.1M July 7, 2016 The city of Worcester, Massachusetts has agreed to pay $2.1 million to a mother who said police officers coerced her...
Maine Town Ends Flying of U.S. Flags Due to Insurance Cost June 29, 2016 A lack of adequate liability insurance has put an end to a project honoring military veterans by flying American flags...