Civil Rights Litigation
The United States constitution provides protection to individuals against abuse and overreaching by government representatives including law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and prison officials. Legal rights are guaranteed in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights protecting against unlawful searches and seizures, denial of due process of law and protection of an individual’s right to be free of unreasonable use of force or the denial of basic human rights while in police custody. When government actors violate those rights individuals can sue to recover money damages and other forms of legal relief. Individual’s whose civil rights have been violated may be able to recover money damages for lost wages, medical bills, the cost of retaining counsel to defend against false criminal charges, pain and suffering and attorney’s fees and costs. Greenblatt, Pierce, Funt & Flores provide representation to individuals who have been falsely arrested, maliciously prosecuted, denied medical care while imprisoned, unlawfully detained beyond release date or subjected to the unnecessary use of force by police or corrections officers by bringing claims under the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and the Civil Rights Statute enacted to preserve those rights, 42 U.S.C. §1983. The types of claims that can be brought include:- False arrest
- Excessive Force/Brutality
- Malicious Prosecution and Abuse of Process
- Denial of Medical Care
- $1.5 million dollar settlement on behalf of a 19 year old man shot in the leg by police following a high speed chase
- $275,000 settlement for a young woman falsely arrested and tasered by police
- $60,000 recovery for minor unlawfully arrested and imprisoned
- $40,000 recovery for adult mistakenly identified and arrested
- $100,000 to a mon falsely arrested by the police and charged with aggravated assault on the police
- Undisclosed amount to a man falsely arrested inside a casino
- $450,000 to a juvenile falsely charged with Rape and related offenses and then held in custody for almost a year
- $75,000 to a man for a wrist injury due to had handcuffing by the police after being arrested
- $90,000 to a man falsely arrested by reason of mistaken identity and taken off the plane to his relative’s funeral.
Our Team:
- Ronald L. Greenblatt, Managing Partner
- Patricia V. Pierce, Partner
- James A. Funt, Partner
- Harry J. Kane, Partner
- Alan L. Yatvin, Partner
- Joyce L. Collier, Partner
- Noah S. Cohen, Senior Associate
- Kasturi Sen, Senior Associate
- Joshua M. Baker, Associate