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Civil Litigation

Dec. 20, 2018

Jury returns defense verdict in Orange County excessive force case

The verdict rejects a lawsuit filed by a veteran civil rights attorney in Woodland Hills.

A California Highway Patrol officer did not use excessive force when he fatally shot an unarmed mentally ill man in 2016, a federal jury found, rejecting a lawsuit by his mother.

The defense verdict, returned late Tuesday afternoon, followed a four-day trial that included testimony from Officer Daniel Agee, who said he shot and killed 27-year-old Mauricio Barron Jr., on Oct. 10, 2016, because Barron told him he had a gun and was goi...

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