Police Misconduct

Types of Cases

• Unlawful Use of Force

Sample Cases

• Lawson v. City of Los Angeles - $3.6 Million settlement and comprehensive structural relief for individuals who had been subject to alleged unlawful use of force practices by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Canine Unit (1995);
• Hospital and Service Employees Union, SEIU Local 399, AFL-CIO v. City of Los Angeles - $2.35 Million in 1993 against the LAPD for injuries to 148 demonstrators at Century City organized by the Justice for Janitors campaign of SEIU (1993);
• Melgar v. Klee - $1.5 million jury verdict against Los Angeles Police Department for police shooting; settled for $1.45 million.