police Archives - Law Offices of Michael Singer, P.C. https://lawsinger.com/tag/police/ Personal Injury Attorneys Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:16:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Police Misconduct: the word of an unreliable civilian complainant should not serve as probable cause to arrest https://lawsinger.com/police-misconduct-word-unreliable-civilian-complainant-serve-probable-cause-arrest/ Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:51:29 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1400 Often, a client of potential police misconduct will have been arrested on the basis of an allegation made by a civilian, not a police officer (e.g., a claim of assault that the police did not witness).   In these instances, it cannot be argued that the police fabricated the evidence against the client, since the allegations, […]

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]]> Trial of client in police shooting case https://lawsinger.com/trial-client-police-shooting-case/ Mon, 20 Oct 2014 23:37:19 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1340 Pot dealer who shot at cops near Manhattan housing project Luis Martinez, 26, faces 25 years to life for firing three times at cops during the February 2012 shootout with uniformed cops near the Baruch Houses on the Lower East Side. BY BARBARA ROSS , SHAYNA JACOBS NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, January 31, 2014 […]

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]]> Justice prevails in Excessive Force case https://lawsinger.com/justice-obtained-police-excessive-force-case/ Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:00:27 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1318 Kings County, New York.  Our client was enjoying the J”Ouvert Festival with family and friends in Brooklyn, when the group was approached by police.  All the male members of the group were searched without probable cause and subjected to verbal abuse.  Finding nothing illegal, the police left, only to be followed by another set of […]

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]]> $1,400,000 to client assaulted by police https://lawsinger.com/1400000-client-assaulted-police/ Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:37:07 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1276 $1,400,000 settlement on the eve of trial in an excessive force case for man who suffered an orbital fracture when beaten by the police.

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]]> Testimony in Boston Bomb Trial Focuses on Backpack https://lawsinger.com/testimony-boston-bomb-trial-focuses-backpack/ Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:57:30 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1298 New York Times – July 08, 2014 BOSTON — An F.B.I. agent told a federal court here on Tuesday that Azamat Tazhayakov, a college friend of the surviving Boston bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, agreed that a backpack found in Mr. Tsarnaev’s dorm room in the days after the bombing should be thrown away. It was […]

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]]> Jury selection begins for friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect https://lawsinger.com/jury-selection-begins-friend-boston-marathon-bombing-suspect/ Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:01:40 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1301 The Daily Free Press – June 30, 2014 The lawyers defending Azamat Tazhayakov, who is charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy in the investigation of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, began selecting a jury for Tazhayakov’s trial alongside federal prosecutors Monday. Tazhayakov, who is the first of Tsarnaev’s four friends to be put […]

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]]> $1,200,000 settlement following a jury verdict for a man who sustained leg fractures requiring surgery as a result of a collision with a police vehicle while operating a motorcycle. https://lawsinger.com/1200000-settlement-following-a-jury-verdict-for-a-man-who-sustained-leg-fractures-requiring-surgery-as-a-result-of-a-collision-with-a-police-vehicle-while-operating-a-motorcycle/ Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:38:05 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=922 $1,200,000 settlement following a jury verdict for a man who sustained leg fractures requiring surgery as a result of a collision with a police vehicle while operating a motorcycle.

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]]> $1,200,000 settlement following a jury verdict for a man who sustained multiple injuries in an intersection collision with a police vehicle who claimed to be responding to an emergency call. The jury concluded that the officer driver operated his vehicle in a reckless manner, the legal standard when emergency vehicles are responding to a call. https://lawsinger.com/1200000-settlement-following-a-jury-verdict-for-a-man-who-sustained-multiple-injuries-in-an-intersection-collision-with-a-police-vehicle-who-claimed-to-be-responding-to-an-emergency-call-the-jury-c/ Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:24:05 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=916 $1,200,000 settlement following a jury verdict for a man who sustained multiple leg injuries in a motor vehicle accident with a police vehicle who claimed to be responding to an emergency call. The jury concluded that the officer driver operated his vehicle in a reckless manner, the legal standard when emergency vehicles are responding to a […]

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]]> MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS: The Search for all sources of coverage. https://lawsinger.com/liability-coverage-and-motor-vehicle-accidents-search-out-all-sources-of-coverage/ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:34:50 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=886 In some respects, at first glance, motor vehicle accidents may seem like the simplest type of personal injury claim.  After all, in most instances the police arrive at the scene and take a report, which includes information such as the identification of the driver and registered owner of each involved vehicle, the insurance carrier for each […]

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]]> Lawyer Strategy: Filing for Summary Judgment pre-discovery in case of pedestrian struck in a crosswalk https://lawsinger.com/lawyer-strategy-filing-for-summary-judgment-pre-discovery-in-case-of-pedestrian-struck-in-a-crosswalk/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:32:38 +0000 http://myersgaliardo.com/1/?p=847 As trial lawyers, we know that proving liability is often more than half the battle. Without liability, damages become moot. So, it is welcome when we are presented with a strong liability case. One of the soundest is the “pedestrian knock-down” in a crosswalk. The defendant driver must yield the right of way to the […]

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