Qualified Immunity Law
 
Raymond Thompson v. Joshua Cockrell and Robert Gerholdt

St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory.

On March 30, 2020, Thompson purchased a 100-year anniversary edition
custom 2003 Harley Davidson trike motorcycle ("motorcycle”) from Nathan Rench
for $5,000. Thompson paid off the two lienholders and gave Rench the remainder.
The parties signe

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Matthew Locke v. County of Hubbard, et al.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force civil rights violation.

Matthew Locke sued Hubbard County, Sheriff Cory Aukes, and Chief Deputy Sheriff Scott Parks under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Minnesota law, alleging that the officers used excessive force against him during an oil pipeline protest. The district and official immunity

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United States of America v. Herline Lochard, Carleen Noreus, Patrick Buchanan, Gilbert Hyppolite, Irene Matthews, Lemuel Pierre, Joel Lubin, Jose Napoleon, Victor Escalante Zerpa, Cleophat Tani, Lonnette Blair, Stephanie Dorisca,

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud,

Fraud Charges Filed Against 12 Defendants in Phase II of Operation Nightingale



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Lee Evans v. Newark City, et al.

Newark, New Jersey, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.

In 1978, five teenage boys from Newark, New Jersey
disappeared. The case remained unsolved for 30 years. Then,
in 2008 police charged Appellee Lee Evans with their murders.
The case against Evans relied on the allegedly coerced
confession of one man, who was coached by

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Commonwealth v. Dean Tran

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using his offical position to secure unwarranted privileges 2drawing on public resources, including members of hisSenate staff,for his reelectioncampaigns.

The defendant, who served as a State senator from 2017 until 2020, was indicted ontwo counts of using hisofficial position to secure unwarranted pri

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Ian Miller v. Spencer Jackson and Sean Roycroft

Boston, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights wrongful death excessive force case.

Robert Miller died during a run-in with Barnstable
police officers Sean Roycroft and Spencer Jackson at his Cape Cod
home in 2019. He was 63. A big question is how this happened.

The parties (whose names appear in our caption) give differing

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E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump

New York City, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a defamation theory.


A jury found that then-President Trump acted with common law malice when he made defamatory statements about
Carroll in June 2019 and awarded compensatory and punitive damages. Trump appeals, arguing that he is entitled to presidential immunity or, in the alternative, a new trial. Tr

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R.R., by Next Friend J.R. v. Mineral Wells Independent School District

Fort Worth, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on Civil Rights of Handicapped Child Act violation theory.

R.R., a student with learning disabilities, transferred to Mineral Wells
Independent School District ("MWISD”) in the February of his seventh-
grade year. After R.R.'s arrival, a committee reviewed his eligibility for
special education services u

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Tim Landholt v. Kendall Corley, et al.

Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.

A South Carolina state court judge issued a bench warrant to arrest Tim Landholt for not paying child support. Sheriff's deputies soon arrested Landholt, who was fined and sent on his way. But the clerk's office never recalled or cancelled the executed warrant. Over five

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Andrew Morgan v. Allison Crane & Rigging, L.L.C.

Williamsport, Pennsylvania disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an Americans With Disabilities Act violation theory.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is a landmark civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities
. Its purpose is to guarantee that people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else in areas of

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Jeremy Kellog, et al. v. Jonathan D. Nichols

Albany, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.

The Plaintiffs are New York State residents who applied for concealed carry licenses under the State's firearms licensing laws. Jonathan D. Nichols, a state court judge serving as a statutory firearms licensing officer, reviewed and denied their applications for failing to meet the statut

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Vanessa Velasco Ortega v. Isaiah Holloway, et al.

Spokane, Washington personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

Isaiah Holloway and Vanessa Velasco Ortega cross-appeal from the district
court's order granting in part and denying in part Holloway's motion for summary
judgment. Holloway encountered Velasco Ortega in the course of his duties as a
Deputy Police Officer for the O

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Gillian Filyaw v. Steve Corsi, et al.

Lincoln, Nebraska civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a wrongful termination of Medicaid benefits without notice.

Medicaid is a federal and state funded program that provides medical
coverage for certain people with limited income. Accepting the facts in Filyaw's
complaint as true, she obtained Medicaid in the fall of 2020 administered through
the NDHHS.

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Jeanne Hedgepth v. James A. Briton, et al.

Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful termination claim.

Jeanne Hedgepeth, a high
school teacher with two suspensions and prior warnings of
possible termination, posted inflammatory messages to a Fa-
cebook account followed mostly by former students. The
posts prompted numerous complaints and media inquiries to
the school distr

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United States of America x rel. Robert C. O'Laughlin, M.D. v. Radiation Therapy Services, P.S.C., dba Ashland Bellefonte Cancer Center, et al.

Ashland, Kentucky civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam claim.

Dr. Robert O'Laughlin brought this qui tam action on behalf of the United States under the False Claims Act. He claimed that his former employers, providers of radiation and chemotherapy services, fraudulently billed Medicare and other federal programs. He alleged that they falsely represented that th

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United States of America v. EZ Lynk, SEZC, Thomas Wood, Bradley Gintz

New York City, New York civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendants on a Clean Air Action violation theory.

This case presents two principal questions. The first is whether the government has adequately alleged that the "EZ Lynk System,” a product manufactured and sold by Appellees Thomas Wood and Bradley Gintz through their company, Appellee EZ Lynk, SEZC, is a "defeat devi

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Jeffry Cintron v. Paul Bibeault, et al.

Providence, Rhode Island personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.

In July 2019, Jerry Cintron overdosed on a fentanyl-laced pill while in Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) custody. For his alleged role in acquiring, possessing, and consuming the pill, RIDOC sanctioned Cintron with 450 days in solitary confinement. While so

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Martha Ellis v. Salt Lake City Corporation, et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah personal Injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

Martha Ellis joined the Salt Lake City Fire Department ("SLCFD” or the
"Department”) as a firefighter in 1994. Thereafter, she quickly moved up
the ranks. In 2004, she was promoted to Fire Captain and served as the
Fire Marshal for the Salt Lake City

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United States of America v. Jaquan L. Bridges

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a machinegun in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(o).

Bridges was driving on a highway in Memphis, Tennessee, when he almost struck a
police vehicle. As police tried to stop him, he slowed his car, rolled down the window, and fired
several gunshots—one bullet hit the police car and n

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Benjamin Joseph Herold v. Michael Christensen, et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an excessive for claim.

Benjamin Joseph Herold, who suffers from mental illness, lost his right eye after he was shot in the face with pepper spray during an encounter with three St. George, Utah police officers in March 2019. Herold sued Sergeant Michael Christensen (the officer who pepper-sprayed him) and the City

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Honor Duvall, et al. v. Phoenix Children's Hospital, et al.

Phoenix, Arizona personal injury lawyers represented the PlaintiffS who sued on intentional infliction of emotional distress theories.

Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants were liable under this state law claim because their actions "in making or contributing to the making of false reports of abuse to DCS were extreme and outrageous.” However, Arizona's mandatory reporting statute req

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United States of America v. Armand Ntchana

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the federal and state False Claims Acts

APRN and Medical Practice to Pay Over $600k and Cease Connecticut Medicaid Participation to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

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United States of America v. Whitfield Leland III

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Hobbs Act Robbery, Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, and being an Armed Career Criminal in Possession of a Firearm

Former Mayoral Candidate Sentenced To 22 Years In Federal Prison For Armed R

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Catherine A. Black v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America

DAllas, texas insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory.


In 2012, Black began working as operations support administrative
assistant for Paycom Payroll, LLC. As an employee, she participated in
Paycom's group insurance plan, which was governed by ERISA and
administered by Unum. Under the policy, a plan participant qua

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Adam Urda v. Jeffrey Sokso

Scranton, Pennsylvania, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued civil rights violation theory.

One Saturday afternoon, LaRae Bowen had some friends over, including her coworker Urda. The group headed down to a lake and tried to start a bonfire. But the wood was still wet from some rain and would not catch. Then one partygoer had an idea: He went to his truck and got a qu

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