City, Officer Appeal $2.75M Jury Verdict For Wrongful Death In Traffic Stop Case

(August 23, 2024, 1:27 PM EDT) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama city and city police officer on Aug. 22 filed a notice of appeal to the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, seeking review of several orders of an Alabama federal court after it entered an amended final judgment on a jury verdict of $2.75 million in punitive damages to the estate of a deceased motorist who sought damages for excessive force and wrongful death in the shooting of the motorist and his passenger after their vehicle crashed....