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First and Fourth Amendment Claims Over Arrest at Protest of Police Chief Can Go Forward

From the decision earlier this month by Judge F. Kay Behm (E.D. Mich.) in Rideout v. Shelby Twp.: This case arises from Rideout's arrest after a series of protests against the Shelby Township Chief of Police, Robert Shelide, a defendant here. On June 16, 2020, Chief Shelide was suspended for…

Reason · Sep 25, 2023

A train cut off California man’s legs while he lay on tracks. Does he deserve $57 million?

The Amtrak amputation lawsuit went to the jury Thursday following an impassioned plea by Joe Nevis’ lawyer that jurors award him $57.6 million in damages for the Christmas Eve 2016 accident in which a train sliced off his legs.

Tribune News Service · Oct 27, 2022

California man who lost his legs to Amtrak train denies claim he was attempting suicide

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Amtrak amputation lawsuit playing out in Sacramento federal court devolved into a duel of witnesses Wednesday, with one woman claiming Joe Nevis told her he was trying to kill himself when he lay down on the railroad tracks six years ago and Nevis and his sister…

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022