Alexis Krell: Supreme Court rules in case of woman whose home was mistakenly raided by Tacoma police
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.
1/29/2021
Alexis Krell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jan. 28—The Washington State Supreme Court ruled Thursday to reinstate a verdict that awarded $250,000 to a woman whose home was mistakenly raided by Tacoma police a decade ago.
Jurors found police were negligent in failing to verify information from an informant about where a suspected drug dealer they were looking for lived before they raided Kathleen Mancini's Federal Way home in 2011.
The Court Appeals overturned the $250,000 judgment last year. The Supreme Court reinstated the jury's verdict in a 8-1 opinion.