Diamond v. Witherspoon

Defendant city of Detroit appeals as of right from a judgment of $2,625 million entered on a jury verdict awarding plaintiffs $7.5 million as a result of violations of the Civil Rights Act (CRA), MCL 37.2302, and allocating fault of thirty-five percent against defendant. The action involved violations of the CRA in which defendant’s employee, David Wither-spoon, a police sergeant, committed criminal sexual conduct against the three plaintiffs. Defendant now appeals, arguing among other things that the trial court erred when it failed to find as a matter of law that plaintiffs were not denied…