If the Manhattan Jury Decided that the Police Officer Needed to Be Punished, Why Did the Judge Deny the Punishment? – September 2017
A police officer violated our client’s constitutional rights. Then the police officer lied on the stand. An outraged jury assessed punitive damages against the officer. But then the trial judge took almost all the punitive damages away. Question: What saved the officer? Answer: The Constitution of the United States That’s right – the […]
Manhattan Jury Angry at Police Awarded Our Client More Money Than Allowed By Law – August 2017
In fact, the Jury Was So Outraged, they Awarded Our Client Eleven Times More Money than Allowed By Law – Why Was the Jury So Mad? Because the Cop Lied to Them We Want to Be Your Lawyers We Will Fight to Get You the Best Results Possible And Here Is How We Do It […]
Eve-of-Trial Motion to Preclude Evidence – Sample – January 2017
Here is a sample motion in limine (i.e., immediately prior to trial) seeking rulings favorable to the plaintiff (i.e., the person who filed the lawsuit) before the jury starts hearing the evidence. Hope it helps you! UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ————————————————-x FERNANDO COLON, Plaintiff, -against- CITY OF NEW YORK; et […]
Fourth Amendment – Improper Stop, Unlawful Detention
Civil Rights Law – 42 U.S.C. 1983 – Fourth Amendment – Search and Seizure – May 2016 Part 3 of 3 Here is the decision and order of the federal court. The facts were set forth in our first post in the series (read here…). The legal arguments were set forth in our second post […]
Fourth Amendment – No Probable Cause
Civil Rights Law – 42 U.S.C. 1983 – Fourth Amendment – Search and Seizure – May 2016 Part 2 of 3 Based on the facts set forth in the last post (read here…) Det. Tisdale asked that the case be thrown out on the grounds that there was probable cause for his actions. Likewise, our […]
