Litigation & Arbitration
Oct. 17, 2023
Jury awards daughter $13.5M in LAPD wrongful death case
Jacobo Juarez Cedillo died in April 2019 after being restrained by officers pinning him to the ground with their own body weight for 4½ minutes.
A federal jury awarded $13.5 million to the daughter of a man who died while being pinned to the ground by two Los Angeles police officers in Van Nuys.
“I’m very pleased with the jury verdict finding that the use of force and restraint was excessive and caused the death and awarding fair damages for his pre-death pain and suffering and loss of life,” plaintiffs attorney Dale K. Galipo said. “Further, the finding that the LAPD had inadequat...
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