Civil Litigation
Oct. 25, 2017
US judge tightens jury control in second trial over police killing of gang member
A jury delivered a defense verdict after a trial in 2014, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed it last year.
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SANTA ANA — The second trial in an excessive force lawsuit by the mother of a man killed by Anaheim police is underway before U.S. District Judge James V. Selna.
A jury delivered a defense verdict after a trial in 2014, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed it last year because Selna didn’t bifurcate the liability and damages portions, which caused the jury to hear “considerable and inflammatory evidence that had nothin...
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