Torts/Personal Injury
Sep. 28, 2026
LA jury awards $11M to children of man fatally shot by LAPD
Jurors found two officers used unnecessary deadly force in the 2024 shooting of Wilver Blanco Mendoza, but a 40% fault finding against Blanco leaves the final award for the court to resolve.
A Los Angeles County jury awarded $11 million to the two young children of Wilver Blanco Mendoza, finding that two Los Angeles Police Department officers committed battery and acted negligently in his fatal 2024 shooting.
Jurors found officers Stefan Carutasu and Dominique Billew used deadly force that was unnecessary to defend human life and substantially caused Blanco's death. But they also found Blanco negligent, leaving the court to decide whether comparative fault should ...
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