City Seeks Judgment As Matter Of Law After $4.5M Excessive Force Jury Verdict

( February 26, 2024, 2:05 PM EST) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In response to an Alabama federal jury’s award of $4.45 million in compensatory and punitive damages to the estate of a deceased motorist and an injured passenger stemming from a vehicle chase that culminated in a police officer shooting into the plaintiffs’ vehicle after it crashed, an Alabama city and police officer moved for judgment as a matter of law or, in the alternative, a new trial or remittitur of the jury award....