The events surrounding the death of Lucky Phounsy began as a family celebration — a birthday party for his 2-year-old son. They ended nearly a decade later in a San Diego federal courtroom, when a jury determined the San Diego Sheriff’s Department was responsible for Phounsy’s death and awarded the family a record $85 million.
A federal jury returned a $85-million verdict against San Diego County this week, finding in favor of the family of a man who died after sheriff’s deputies restrained him during his 2015 arrest. The award is believed to be among the largest civil verdicts against the county.
A California jury has awarded $85 million to the family of a man who suffered a mental health crisis and died when he was restrained by San Diego County sheriff’s deputies in 2015.
A San Diego federal jury returned a $85 million verdict against the county this week, finding in favor of the family of a man who died after sheriff’s deputies restrained him during his 2015 arrest in Santee. The award is believed to be among the largest civil verdicts against the county.
A new Siskiyou County lawsuit is on file tonight against California power utility PacifiCorp involving a wildfire that burned more than 150,000 acres in Siskiyou, Del Norte and Josephine Counties.
The victims of the 2020 Slater Fire are suing the utility company that started the blaze. That’s after a tree allegedly hit a PacifiCorp power line and sparked the fire. The fire killed two people and damaged or destroyed 700 properties in counties along the Oregon-California border. The lawsuit announced on Wednesday is being filed by the law firm Singleton Schrieber on behalf of 42 plaintiffs.
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