Family of Victoria Lee, Killed by Fort Lee Police, Sues Over Wrongful Death
Lawsuit seeks accountability after family’s call for mental health assistance is met with police officers’ unjustified use of lethal force, causing the tragic death of 25-year-old Victoria Lee (FORT LEE, NJ) — The national civil rights law firm Neufeld Scheck Brustin Hoffmann & Freudenberger, LLP and the Lee Law Firm filed a wrongful death lawsuit…
Read articleJury Awards Stefon Morant $38,000,000 for Wrongful Conviction
Verdict Comes After Jury Finds the City of New Haven and Individual New Haven Police Department Officers Liable for Putting an Innocent Man in Prison for 21 Years (Hartford, CT) After a month-long trial in the District of Connecticut, a jury has awarded Morant $38,000,000, the national civil rights firm Neufeld Scheck Brustin Hoffmann & Freudenberger,…
Read articleBaldwin Park Police Department Pays Exoneree Daniel Saldaña $19.1 Million for Wrongful Conviction
Settlement Comes After Attorneys Uncovered Damning Evidence of a Frame-up That Put an Innocent Man Behind Bars for 33 Years (BALDWIN PARK, CA) The City of Baldwin Park has agreed to pay $19.1 million to settle a wrongful conviction lawsuit brought by exoneree Daniel Saldaña, the national civil rights firm Neufeld Scheck Brustin Hoffmann &…
Read articleDomonique Moore and Cedric Warren Sue Kansas City, Kansas Police for Over 15 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment
Named defendants in federal lawsuits include the estate of notoriously corrupt Police Captain Roger Golubski, as well as police responsible for fabricating a false eyewitness identification and hiding evidence (KANSAS CITY, KANSAS) The national civil rights law firm Neufeld Scheck Brustin Hoffmann & Freudenberger, LLP (NSBHF), and the local firm Morgan Pilate LLP and national firm Bryan…
Read articleIn California’s Largest-Ever Wrongful Conviction Settlement, the City of Inglewood Pays a Record-Breaking $25 Million to Exoneree Maurice Hastings
Inglewood Police Department knowingly put an innocent man behind bars for more than 38 years while the real killer went free [Inglewood, CA] — With a trial date approaching this month, the City of Inglewood agreed to pay a record $25 million to settle a wrongful conviction lawsuit brought by exoneree Maurice Hastings, the national…
Read articleNSBHF Brings Lawsuit on Behalf of Man Killed in BOP Custody
The national civil rights law firm Neufeld Scheck Brustin Hoffmann & Freudenberger, LLP (NSBHF), together with co-counsel Kaufman Lieb Lebowitz & Frick LLP (KLLF), Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP, and Levy Firestone Muse LLP, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the Estate of David Blakeney and his mother Ginetta…
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