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In a civil assault and battery case, opinion testimony by a police officer regarding an issue of fact was not prejudicial where the defendant made an admission to the officer corroborating the officers opinion testimony; testimony by the plaintiff regarding a diagnosis of a concussion was not prejudicial where the jury heard testimony of an alternate injury sustained by plaintiff.
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A Southaven couple have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the city and Southaven police officers of violating their constitutional rights and using excessive force during a burglary investigation last year.
The complaint, which alleges false arrest, assault and battery and civil rights violations, was filed March 17 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi by Southaven attorney Philip Stroud of the Stroud Law Firm. The suit was just announced.
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In a civil assault and battery case, opinion testimony by a police officer regarding an issue of fact was not prejudicial where the defendant made an admission to the officer corroborating the officers opinion testimony; testimony by the plaintiff regarding a diagnosis of a concussion was not prejudicial where the jury heard testimony of an alternate injury sustained by plaintiff.
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Two men who were molested as boys by former assistant U.S. Attorney Eric T. Tolen received a more than $30 million judgment following a St. Louis County Circuit Court bench trial.
Tolen was convicted in September 2008 of multiple statutory sodomy counts on five minor boys, including the plaintiffs, "C.W." and "J.B." Tolen was sentenced to 65 years in prison.
C.W. and J.B. filed their assault and battery lawsuit against Tolen in January 2010....$30 million judgment. Civil Assault and Battery. Court: St. Louis County Circu...
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English, a social worker, filed an assault-and battery civil suit against [Flav]. A process server dropped the papers off with a doorman of their building. Flav never responded, later claiming he hadn't received the papers. A default judgement of $850,000 was issued against him in 1997 for civil assault and battery - $350,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages. With interest accumulating over 10 years, lawyers for English say the amount has risen to $1.8 million. Flav's lawyer estimates the sum to be $1.4 million.
You can't help but think of the Brady Bunch episode when Peter's puberty issues conflicted with an important concert, forcing Greg to write a song that embraced his brother's deepening voice, When it's Time to Change (You've Got to Rearrange).
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Appeal of judgment for damages arising from a civil assault and battery. Judgment was not against the weight of the evidence and the trial court did not err in the exclusion of evidence or by failing to enter a directed verdict on the question of punitive damages. Judgment affirmed.
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A Columbia police spokeswoman says an officer shot Cadilac Derrick with a Taser last year during a traffic stop because he reached toward his waistband during questioning.
On Thursday, Jefferson City attorney Samuel Trapp filed a civil suit on behalf of Derrick, naming officers Tim Giger and John Logan as defendants. The suit alleges violations of civil rights, negligence, assault, and battery.
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SANGERVILLE - A five-count lawsuit filed on Aug. 4 by a Sangerville resident against a former Sangerville town manager has been moved from Piscataquis County Superior Court to the U.S. District Court in Bangor.
Mi Suk Martin, also known as Sae Hee Martin, is seeking damages from former town manager Dick Drummond of Guilford for civil assault and battery, negligent or reckless infliction of emotional distress, intentional infliction of emotional distress and for violations of her civil rights. She is represented by attorney Arthur Greif of Bangor.
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A civil jury in Santa Monica, Calif., says Snoop Dogg didn't hit a man who came up on stage during a 2005 concert near Seattle.
The rapper wasn't in court Friday when the jury's verdict cleared him of civil assault and battery claims. The jury did find that Richard Monroe Jr. suffered serious injuries during the concert and awarded him $449,400 in damages to be paid by a record label, another performer and others involved in the concert.
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After learning that a jury ordered a bar owner to pay $517,000 for the injuries a man sustained in an assault at a Dubuque tavern, the alleged assailant was prepared for the worst.
The civil assault and battery lawsuit against Harold Shaffer, however, was dismissed by Dubuque County District Court Judge Lawrence Fautsch on Wednesday.