Litigation
Apr. 17, 2012
Jury awards $6 million in excessive force case
A jury has awarded $6 million to a plaintiff in an excessive force and malicious prosecution case brought against two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A jury has awarded $6 million to a plaintiff in an excessive force and malicious prosecution case brought against two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies.
U.S. District Court Judge Otis Wright II presided over the trial, which focused on a Nov. 2007 incident in which the defendants, Sgt. Pablo Partida and Deputy Robert Martinez, allegedly pulled Deon Dirks from his vehicle during a tra...
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