Tag Archives: police settlement

Baltimore to pay $65K to settle suit over collision involving officer

January 21, 2020 Comments Off on Baltimore to pay $65K to settle suit over collision involving officer

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2018 file photo, a patch depicting the Baltimore Police Department seal is seen on Interim Commissioner Gary Tuggle's uniform as he speaks at a news conference in Baltimore. The city has been casting for its fourth police leader in a year while the flailing department faces pressure to bring down violent crime levels that are among the nation's worst. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve a $65,000 settlement with a woman who claims a police officer ran a red light and hit her vehicle. Tuesday Nemcek-Skelton filed suit in Baltimore City Circuit Court in 2018 ...

Tagged with: board of estimates motor tort police settlement

City law department recommends $40K settlement for unarmed man shot by police

October 22, 2019 Comments Off on City law department recommends $40K settlement for unarmed man shot by police

Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts, center, speaks Monday to the media at a news conference on the death of Freddie Gray. (Kevin Richardson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

The Baltimore Board of Estimates is set to approve a $40,000 payment Wednesday for a man who was shot by police in 2014 while he was unarmed and fleeing the scene of a burglary. Michael Johansen sued four officers and ...

Tagged with: Baltimore Board of Estimates Baltimore City law department police settlement Settlement

Man shot by Laurel police in 2016 reaches settlement

April 24, 2019 Comments Off on Man shot by Laurel police in 2016 reaches settlement

A Silver Spring family, saying they were brutalized during a no-knock warrant, has filed a million-dollar federal lawsuit against the Montgomery County Police Department for what the family describes as a poorly drafted and violently executed early-morning search for the 20-something son of their basement apartment tenant.

A Baltimore County man who was shot by a Laurel Police Department officer in 2016 settled his federal lawsuit last week and the court dismissed the case Tuesday. Rashawn Curbeam filed suit last year in Prince George’s County Circuit Court ...

Tagged with: excessive force police settlement U.S. District Court in Greenbelt Verdicts and Settlements

Baltimore set to approve $30k settlement for fatal car chase

September 24, 2018 Comments Off on Baltimore set to approve $30k settlement for fatal car chase

The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve a $30,000 settlement for the mother of a child struck and killed in a crash involving a driver fleeing from a police officer.

Tagged with: baltimore city board of estimates police settlement wrongful death

Baltimore spending panel to consider $30K settlement for child struck by police car

August 27, 2018 1 Comment

The Baltimore City Board of Estimates will consider a proposed $30,000 settlement Wednesday to resolve a lawsuit stemming from a 2015 incident where a police officer responding to a reported crime struck a child with his vehicle.

Tagged with: baltimore city board of estimates negligent police settlement

Baltimore board approves $9M to man wrongfully convicted of ’87 murder

May 2, 2018 Comments Off on Baltimore board approves $9M to man wrongfully convicted of ’87 murder

Andrew D. Freeman, right, of Brown Goldstein & Levy LLP in Baltimore, a lawyer for James Owens, speaks with reporters Wednesday afternoon at the firm's Baltimore office as colleague Joshua Treem, left, and Charles M. Curlett of Levin & Curlett LLC in Baltimore look on. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

Nine years after being released from prison where he was serving a life sentence, a Baltimore man who was wrongfully convicted will be compensated by the city for the more than 20 years he spent behind bars.

Tagged with: baltimore city board of estimates police settlement Wrongful conviction

Baltimore spending board to vote on $50K settlement with arrestee

May 1, 2018 Comments Off on Baltimore spending board to vote on $50K settlement with arrestee

The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve Wednesday a $50,000 settlement with a man who injured his knee when a police officer threw him to the ground during an arrest.

Tagged with: baltimore city board of estimates Baltimore Police Department police settlement

Baltimore spending panel to consider $90K for man tackled, detained after witnessing robbery

April 16, 2018 Comments Off on Baltimore spending panel to consider $90K for man tackled, detained after witnessing robbery

The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve a $90,000 settlement Wednesday with a man who witnessed a robbery and was forcibly taken into custody and later charged with assault when he refused to go to the police station to give a formal statement.

Tagged with: baltimore city board of estimates Baltimore Police Department lawsuit police settlement

Baltimore to approve settlement with man stunned, tackled outside nightclub

November 7, 2017 Comments Off on Baltimore to approve settlement with man stunned, tackled outside nightclub

The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve Wednesday a $135,000 settlement with a man who was hit with a stun gun and forced to the ground by police who intervened after a bouncer put him in a ...

Tagged with: baltimore city board of estimates jamar kennedy police settlement

Baltimore spending panel to approve $135K to man shot in 2015

October 10, 2017 Comments Off on Baltimore spending panel to approve $135K to man shot in 2015

The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve a $135,000 settlement Wednesday with a man who was shot in the leg in 2015 after he allegedly refused to show his hands to a Baltimore police commander. John Rau ...

Tagged with: baltimore city board of estimates Baltimore Police Department police settlement police shooting

Page 1 of 212 »