$64,000 Jury Verdict in Federal Court Jail Beating Case
The Clarion-Ledger reports on a $64,000 verdict rendered on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson Division. The trial lasted four days.
The verdict was against three former detention officers who did not intervene when a fourth officer allegedly beat the plaintiff. The attack occurred in 2005.
The officer who beat the plaintiff was not in the lawsuit because he could not be located for service of process. I have no idea why he was not served through publication, which is a valid method of service used when a defendant cannot be located.
Plaintiff asked for $514,000 in closing arguments. It's my understanding that the plaintiff had less than $15,000 in medicals related to the attack.
Judge Henry Wingate presided over the trial. Jeanine Carafello of Jackson represented the plaintiff. Jackson City Attorney Pieter Teeuwissen and Anthony Simon of Jackson represented the defendants.
Jeanine Carofello? I loved her in The Trouble with Cats and Dogs! Now I know where she's been hiding -- law school!
Anderson has been put on probation for for admitting to watching lame chick flicks. Further violations could result in suspension or banishment.
You date chicks, you go to chick flicks.
Just one of the liabilities of heterosexual living.