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Date: 09-24-2021
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Case Number: 3:20-cv-05223-RJB
Judge: Robert J. Bryan
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (Pierce County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Ann Trivett
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Tacoma, WA: Civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on civil rights violation theory claiming that Officer Chris Johnson used excessive force when he shot at them four times.
David Rice, age 47, and Seth Donahue, age 23, were both severely injured by the bullets fired at them by Office Johnson who claimed that he was brushed by the vehicle in which the Plaintiffs were going home in a snowstorm.
The Plaintiffs claimed that they did not know that Johnson was chasing them and that he ambushed them.
Outcome: The jury awarded $2,208,000 to Rice and $1,049,000 to Donahue.
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