Police can be sued for wrongful conviction
A man who was exonerated after being wrongfully convicted of murder can sue the officers who investigated the case and withheld critical information for malicious prosecution, the 6th Circuit has...
View ArticleJury awards $1 million in suit involving prosecutor
A Webster County, Missouri jury unanimously has awarded a court clerk $1 million in a case against Texas County Prosecutor Mike Anderson, who she said maliciously targeted her after a 2005 incident....
View ArticlePathologist can be sued for malicious prosecution
A pathologist could not claim an absolute privilege from liability when sued for preparing an allegedly erroneous autopsy report that resulted in the plaintiff’s criminal prosecution, the Nebraska...
View ArticleWrongfully convicted man wins $25 million verdict
A man who was wrongly arrested and imprisoned for murder at age 13 and exonerated more than 16 years later has been awarded $25 million by a federal jury in Chicago. Jurors found that the City of...
View ArticleCalif. attorney, clients can’t be sued in Kansas
A California attorney and his clients were not subject to the long-arm jurisdiction of Kansas courts when they were sued for malicious prosecution, the Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming a...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Law firm immune in search of party’s home
The Utah Supreme Court has extended the state’s litigation privilege to conduct, meaning a law firm and its attorneys were immune from tort claims arising from the search of a home pursuant to...
View ArticleMissouri law firm to pay $800K to settle lawyer’s suit
The St. Louis, Mo. law firm of Brown & James has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle a malicious prosecution lawsuit filed by attorney Daniel P. Finney Jr. The lawsuit has its origins in one Finney...
View ArticlePolice can be sued for wrongful conviction
A man who was exonerated after being wrongfully convicted of murder can sue the officers who investigated the case and withheld critical information for malicious prosecution, the 6th Circuit has...
View ArticleJury awards $1 million in suit involving prosecutor
A Webster County, Missouri jury unanimously has awarded a court clerk $1 million in a case against Texas County Prosecutor Mike Anderson, who she said maliciously targeted her after a 2005 incident....
View ArticlePathologist can be sued for malicious prosecution
A pathologist could not claim an absolute privilege from liability when sued for preparing an allegedly erroneous autopsy report that resulted in the plaintiff’s criminal prosecution, the Nebraska...
View ArticleWrongfully convicted man wins $25 million verdict
A man who was wrongly arrested and imprisoned for murder at age 13 and exonerated more than 16 years later has been awarded $25 million by a federal jury in Chicago. Jurors found that the City of...
View ArticleCalif. attorney, clients can’t be sued in Kansas
A California attorney and his clients were not subject to the long-arm jurisdiction of Kansas courts when they were sued for malicious prosecution, the Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming a...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Law firm immune in search of party’s home
The Utah Supreme Court has extended the state’s litigation privilege to conduct, meaning a law firm and its attorneys were immune from tort claims arising from the search of a home pursuant to...
View ArticleMissouri law firm to pay $800K to settle lawyer’s suit
The St. Louis, Mo. law firm of Brown & James has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle a malicious prosecution lawsuit filed by attorney Daniel P. Finney Jr. The lawsuit has its origins in one Finney...
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