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Civil Litigation

Mar. 27, 2019

$9M verdict for family of woman killed by police

The family of a mentally ill woman fatally shot by two Long Beach Police officers on Jan. 15, 2017 won a $9M verdict on Friday at the U.S. Central District Court against the city of Long Beach for damages violation of federal civil rights, excessive force, battery and wrongful death.

A jury in federal court awarded $9 million to the family of a knife-wielding woman fatally shot by police officers two years ago in the City of Long Beach.

The verdict followed a four-day trial in which the jury found that Long Beach Police officers, Elieser Domingo and Bradley Muhlenkamp, violated the Fourth and 14th Amendment rights of 37-year-old Sinuon Samantha Pream. The jury also found the officers liable for wrongful death, ...

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