LLG just obtained a substantial verdict for our client, TH, following a jury trial in a Brooklyn federal court on TH’s civil rights claims. TH was wrongly arrested during a search warrant execution on Valentine’s Day in 2015. He was jailed for five days and then brought to court, where prosecutors promptly dismissed all charged.
The arresting detective, Essence Jackson, provided a fundamentally falsified version of events to prosecutors to justify TH’s arrest. The jury rejected Jackson’s trial testimony, which was directly contradicted by his own partner, and, on October 30, awarded plaintiff $90k in compensatory damages for his false arrest and denial of fair trial claims, as well as $30k in punitive damages against Detective Jackson. The defendant is also liable for all of TH’s legal fees, the amount of which will be determined by the court.
Michael Lumer was co-counsel for TH at trial with Robert Marinelli, Esq.