Survived motion for summary judgment

Zenaida Hernandez visited a prisoner at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center on September 18, 2011. Ms. Hernandez was allowed to visit the prisoner briefly; a glass barrier separated them. Defendants then took her to a room and forced her to strip naked and remove her menstrual pad. Two defendants stood behind her, inspecting her naked body. Ms. Hernandez did not have any contraband, nor was there probable cause to believe she did.

N.M. (15) was walking to an after-school program when N.M. was arrested by 4 Boston police officers for armed robbery, although the officers had no reason to suspect N.M. of that crime. The robbery victim told the officers that N.M. was not involved in the crime. All of the criminal charges against N.M. were dropped after a prosecutor spoke to the victim. At the police station, an officer denied N.M. any opportunity to post bail. N.M. was sent to a juvenile detention center in Lowell and held overnight.

Sheriff’s Deputies wanted to arrest Rogelio Serrato due to mistaken identity. They knew Serrato was intoxicated on methamphetamine in his home. When he did not respond to their orders to exit the home, they threw a flash bang grenade into the home, starting a fire. They failed to extinguish the fire, and Serrato died of smoke inhalation, leaving a mother, sisters, and three children.

Plaintiff was confronted on sidewalk alongside of busy neighborhood shopping center by officers of Atlanta Police Department. Officers forcibly detained and strip searched Plaintiff and, after failing to discover any incriminating information or material, released Plaintiff. Officers denied having made any contact with the Plaintiff; Plaintiff and other witnesses placed one or more of the defendant officers at the scene.

My client’s car was stopped without p.c. of wrongdoing and he was eventually tasered three times. He received stitches in his lip that had to be repaired 2 additional times.

Plaintiff died within 10 days of beginning pretrial confinement in a local jail near Gainesville, FL due to an ectopic pregnancy, but within one day of complaints of abdominal pain. Video evidence showed plaintiff virtually falling out of a wheelchair as she was transported out of GP into segregation. Case settled while pending interlocutory appeal on qualified immunity before Eleventh Circuit after all briefs filed. DMS

Assault by inmate on inmate; broken jaw. Institution failed to provide necessary and proper medical treatment during recovery, including improper meals for over 20 days (solid food he could not chew, then in retaliation sugary pudding and over-salty soup that could not be digested)

Gelinas was speaking during the public comment period of a 4/14/10 school committee meeting. Gelinas said it was time for school officials, including Chairperson Boisselle, to be held responsible for their role in the death of Phoebe Prince. Before he could finish, Boisselle ordered Gelinas to sit down. Gelinas was escorted out of the meeting by police officers.

Mr. Johnson was convicted of a murder he did not commit. Originally sentenced to death, he served ten years in prison before being exonerated. Our firm obtained compensation for him under the Massachusetts Erroneous Conviction statute. The maximum compensation available under the statute is $500,000.

On 7/21/03, Kelly Jo Griffen, 24 year old mother of two, was to be held at MCI Framingham for one night before going to court in the morning. Ms. Griffen was experiencing the effects of heroin withdrawal. Medical staff knew that Ms. Griffen was not keeping fluids in her system, but failed to take steps to rehydrate her. Two hours before she became comatose, Ms. Griffen’s vital signs showed that she was in grave danger. Defendant Grodski was unable to obtain a blood pressure reading or a pulse.