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Excessive Force Verdicts & Settlements 
 
Verdict & 
Settlement 
Disposition 
Description 
Case Name 
$10,500,000 
Man killed in his apartment building during an 
undercover police raid. During struggle, an 
officer's gun discharged a fatal shot that pierced 
man's head.  
Ferguson v. City N.Y.  
Bronx Co., N.Y., Sup. Ct., No. 
18951/01 (6/06/07) 
$5,000,000 
Man died following an altercation with a Houston 
K-9 officer. The police dog bit the man a few 
times in the back and torso while officer twice 
shot the man.  
Goodman v. Ashabranner  
S.D. Texas, No. H-03-4198 
(9/28/07) 
$4,458,644 
Two men alleged officers beat them without 
provocation after responding to a noise complaint 
for a party in their front yard.  
Cazares v. City of Bell Gardens  
C.D. Calif., No. 2:06-cv-05985-
VBF-JTL (4/14/08) 
$3,500,000 
Man is in a vegetative state after seven officers 
restrained him during an arrest, where he was 
punched and kneed.  
Magyar v. City of Tampa 
Hillsborough Co., Fla., Cir. Ct., 
13th, No. 00-CA-001147 
(12/13/07)  
$500,000 
Prisoner claimed guards beat him for his 
complaints that guards were issuing false 
emergency codes so that they could then partake 
in beating inmates.  
Joslyn v. Connecticut 
Department of Corrections. 
D. Conn., No. 3:07-cv-00305-
JCH (7/25/07) 
$250,000 
Las Vegas cop bashed man's head into a wall at a 
casino, and he claimed he was punched while 
handcuffed. 
Davis v. The City of Las Vegas 
D. Nev., No. 2:02-cv-00007-
JCM-PAL (1/18/08) 
$150,000 
Teen claimed that cops pushed, choked and 
falsely arrested him while out in public 
celebrating a Philadelphia Eagles win.  
McKenna v. The City of 
Philadelphia 
E.D. Pa., No. 2:07-cv-00110-wd 
(9/17/07) 
$121,225 
Driver claimed that police stomped on his face 
after he allegedly bought drugs from undercover 
officers.  
Torres v. City of Camden  
D.N.J. No. 1:05-cv-2434 
9/17/07) 
Defense 
Man fatally shot by cop responding to bar fight. 
Defense argued the officer warned him three 
times to retreat as he approached the officer with 
a clenched fist.  
Crouch v. City of Clearwater 
Pinellas Co., Fla., Cir. Ct., No. 
93-2860-CI-15 (7/27/08) 
Defense 
While being questioned by detectives, a teen put 
her hand in her purse. An officer grabbed her 
wrist. Defense argued the grab was necessary for 
officer safety.  
Borden v. The Town of 
Cheektowaga 
Erie Co., N.Y. Sup. Ct., No. 
10577/06 (12/5/07)