Legal Opinion
McCollum v. McDaniel
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 28, 2001No. Civ. CCB-98-824PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BLAKE, District Judge.
On April 3, 2000, a jury awarded over $4.1 million in compensatory and punitive damages to plaintiff Freddie McCollum, Jr. for an assault committed against him by Prince George’s County police officers in the course of an arrest for alleged traffic violations on June 28, 1997. Various post-trial motions followed, and attempts to settle the case were not successful. Following a brief procedural outline of the litigation, the motions are addressed below.
Suit was filed in this court on March 19, 1998. The case proceeded to trial on the third amended complaint, in…
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