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...
How Police Dog Bites Woman Became a Federal Case April 7, 2016 By Noah Feldman Dog bites man may not be a news story — but in nine western states, it’s grounds for a constitutional...
South Carolina Jury Awards $97 Million in Mayor’s Shooting October 20, 2014 A federal jury in Charleston has awarded the family of the former mayor of Cottageville $97 million for his shooting...
Florida Trooper Case Raises Driver Data Privacy Issues February 12, 2014 By Curt Anderson Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Donna Jane Watts was on routine patrol early one morning when a Miami police car whizzed...
Mississippi Town Told Liability Insurance Will Rise 15% January 3, 2014 What the city of Columbus, Miss., pays for liability insurance will increase 15 percent in 2014. WCBI-TV in Columbus reported...
Brain-Damaged Inmate Settles With Penn. County; Insurer to Pay $65K November 19, 2013 A northwestern Pennsylvania county’s insurance company is paying $65,000 to settle claims by a former inmate left brain-damaged after a...
Mississippi Firms Want City, Road Contractor Held Liable for Lost Business November 19, 2013 Four businesses on a busy Hattiesburg Street are suing Hattiesburg city government, claiming a street improvement project has cost them...