Case Result

$11.5M

Civil Rights Action

2017
Trial Verdict
Stillwater, MN

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Case Details

Federal jury awarded two clients $11.5 million in damages after finding Polk County and a former jailer violated their U.S. Constitutional Rights due to sexual assault of inmates.

Additional Notes

Jury found plaintiffs' Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights violated by jailer Christensen. Polk County found liable for negligent training, supervision, and prevention of sexual assaults. Verdict affirmed by Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on May 15, 2020 (see https://eckberglammers.com/news/7th-circuit-court-of-appeals-affirms-polk-county-liable/).

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