LITIGATIONRESULTS - Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC

WHD Obtains Defense Verdict
jones
posnanski
In Michael Kingsley v. Stan Hendrickson et al., WHD successfully represented
the current Administrator of the Monroe County Jail, and a Monroe County
Sheriff’s Deputy at a trial in a federal civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District
Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The plaintiff initially brought
claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the alleged denial of due process and
use of excessive force against several Monroe County Sheriff’s Department
employees arising out of the use of a Taser on the plaintiff when he was
incarcerated in the Monroe County Jail.
After the court granted summary judgment to the defendants on the due
process claims and dismissed a number of the defendants, the court
appointed three attorneys at a national law firm to represent the plaintiff
through trial on his remaining excessive force claims. After a three-day trial
before Judge Barbara Crabb, an eight-person jury returned a unanimous
verdict in favor of the remaining defendants.
Litigation Type: Civil rights litigation
Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Lead WHD Counsel: Andrew Jones and Timothy Posnanski
Principal WHD Team Members: Andrew Jones, Timothy Posnanski,
Peter Sewell (paralegal)
Practice Areas Involved: Municipal Law & Civil Rights
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