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Wrongful detention is the detention of an individual where there is no likelihood or evidence that they have committed a crime against a legal statute, or in which there has been no proper due process of law. [1] [2] A person does not need to be arrested in order to be wrongfully detained.
False arrest, unlawful arrest or wrongful arrest is a common law tort, ... 2002). A police officer (McGuigan) detained a man shopping at a mall (Sorrell) ...
A federal grand jury has awarded a Salem man more than $3 million after finding a Salem Police officer wrongfully arrested him and accused him of stealing a car outside a tire shop in 2021.
Wrongful detention occurs when a person or state intentionally restricts another person's movement within any area with legal authority but without justification or due process of law. [11] A person who is wrongfully detained is confined to a specific place, but may not necessarily be imprisoned. Wrongful detentions can include travel bans or ...
A woman was wrongfully arrested, strip-searched and jailed for 15 hours because she refused to show a police officer her ID at her own home, an Alabama lawsuit says.
Zachariah Anderson has filed a $10 million claim against the Mequon Police Department, alleging he was wrongfully arrested during the investigation into the disappearance of Rosalio Gutierrez Jr ...
With the rise of body worn cameras by police departments, settlements have also increased in both the size of the settlement and frequency of settlements. In 2015, Eric Garner's family settled with New York City, and was awarded $5.9 million in a wrongful death suit at the hands of a New York City Police Department officer. [37]
An Iowa college student was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, even though he showed no physical signs of intoxication and a breathalyzer test showed a blood-alcohol level of 0.00 ...