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PHILADELPHIA – A Massachusetts man is prepared to settle legal action against the City of Philadelphia and a contingent of first responders, which claimed they used excessive force in responding to his son’s opiate overdose and caused his death, for $275,000.
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of Philadelphia Fire Department EMT’s are seeking to dismiss a willful misconduct claim, from the lawsuit brought by the estate of a Massachusetts man who died after suffering an opiate overdose.
U.S. Supreme Court Assistant Justice Sonia Sotomayor recently weighed in on the Fifth Circuit s reversal in a qualified immunity case involving Louisiana police officers who brutally assaulted a man lying face down on the ground. According to Law & Crime, Sotomayor described the ruling on the case, .