The settlement ends the case that focused attention on Sheriff's Department continued use of maximum restraints to subdue people. A jury had found in favor of the family after a federal court trial in March and awarded $85 million, an amount later thwn out by a judge.
Calling the verdict 'far out of proportion to the evidence,' the judge orders a new trial to determine a new amount in the case of Lucky Phounsy's in-custody death
Calling the verdict 'far out of proportion to the evidence,' the judge orders a new trial to determine a new amount in the case of Lucky Phounsy's in-custody death.
San Diego County lawyers are seeking to wipe out an $85 million jury award to the family of man who died after being restrained by sheriff's deputies in