Police Shooting

Plaintiff shot by LAPD rubber bullet. $1.5M. Los Angeles County.

Plaintiff is shot outside Staples Center as crowd celebrates a big win.

Case Name: Kimberly Marroquin v. Unidentified LAPD Officer, et al.
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Friday, October 14, 2022
Type of Case: Civil Rights, Excessive Force, Police Shooting

Police shooting results in wrongful death claim. Defense. Santa Clara County.

Police shoot a murder suspect, believing him to be armed.

Case Name: Jacquez v. City of San Jose, Jacob Morris
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Monday, September 10, 2018
Type of Case: Civil Rights, Police Shooting, Wrongful Death

Excessive force claimed when 7 officers respond to vandalism call. Wrongful shooting death. $2 million. Los Angeles County.

Intoxicated man, unarmed, provokes police with broomsticks and rocks. Nonlethal-force options were deployed, but one officer ends up shooting him.

Case Name: Ramirez v. LAPD
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Type of Case: Civil Rights, Excessive Force, Police Shooting, Wrongful Death

Unarmed robbery suspect shot by Culver City police. Minor children awarded $8.8 million. Los Angeles County.

An unarmed robbery suspect is shot by a Culver City police officer. Other officers on the scene did not perceive the suspect as a threat. $8.8 million awarded by Federal jury.

Case Name: Kandace Simplis, et al. v. Culver City Police Department, et al
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Type of Case: Civil Rights, Excessive Force, Police Shooting, Wrongful Death

Boy, 15, holding toy gun is shot in Palmdale by LA County sheriff's deputy. $1.1 million award. Los Angeles County.

A 15-year-old boy playing cops and robbers on his bicycle with friends in Palmdale was shot by a sheriff's deputy after he allegedly pointed the toy gun at two officers.

Case Name: William Fetters v. County of Los Angeles and Deputy Scott Sorrow
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Type of Case: Civil Rights, Police Shooting

LAPD officer shoots 13-year-old boy playing with pellet gun after dark. $19.2 million net award. Los Angeles County.

13-year-old boy with pellet gun is shot by LAPD officer on street after dark. Circumstances of shooting are disputed. Quadriplegia. $19.2 million net after contributory negligence.

Case Name: Rohayent Gomez Eriza v. City of Los Angeles and Victor Abarca
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Friday, December 14, 2012
Type of Case: Civil Rights, Police Shooting

$8.75 million verdict in L.A. Sheriff excessive force/wrongful death case. Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies, in an unmarked car, pursued plaintiffs' decedent as a DUI/robbery suspect. When decedent's car crashed, he was surrounded by multiple sheriff's cars. Decedent backed his vehicle into a sheriff's car and deputies opened fire, killing him.

Case Name: Montalvo v. County of Los Angeles
Date of Verdict or Judgment: Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Type of Case: Civil Rights, Excessive Force, Police Shooting, Wrongful Death