Wrongfully Convicted Massachusetts Man Gets $13M Settlement May 5, 2023 By Mark Pratt BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts man who spent 32 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of setting a...
Man Jailed for 12 Years Brings $12M Wrongful Conviction Suit Against Milwaukee May 5, 2022 A man who spent 12 years in prison for a homicide he didn’t commit has filed a $12 million federal...
Insurance a Major Factor in Law Enforcement Civil Rights Settlements September 3, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Municipalities, their insurers and risk pools should be heeding the current public re-examination of police and prosecutorial actions taking place...
Judge Rules for Insurer in Nebraska Wrongful Conviction Case November 7, 2018 A Nebraska judge has ruled that an insurance provider doesn’t have to cover the legal debt of a Nebraska county...
Judge Dismisses Nebraska County’s Claim Against Insurers October 24, 2018 Gage County’s insurance policies from a risk-sharing pool of companies don’t cover $28.1 million that a jury awarded to six...
Insurer Fights Paying $5.3M to Wrongfully Convicted Missouri Man September 18, 2018 A former insurance carrier for the city of Columbia, Mo., is appealing a ruling that it owes $5.3 million to...
Connecticut City Loses Insurance Policy in Wrongful Imprisonment February 5, 2018 By DAVE COLLINS Hartford, Conn., officials say they cannot find a 30-year-old insurance policy that could play a key role in any damages...
Judges Routinely Allow Disavowed Forensic Evidence August 23, 2017 By DENISE LAVOIE Two hairs that looked like the victim’s; some dirt on a truck like that taken from the crime scene; a...
Insurer for Washington County Agrees to $2.25M Settlement in Wrongful Convictions June 12, 2017 The insurance company for Spokane County will pay $2.25 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit that contended the...
Wisconsin Man Wants $450,000 From State for Wrongful Conviction December 11, 2014 A Wisconsin man wants the state Claims Board to give him $450,000 for what he says was a wrongful conviction....