“Effectively Handling Police Excessive Force Cases”
Mark Krudys and Danny Zemel co-authored Effectively Handling Police Excessive Force Cases, which was published in the most recent edition of The VTLA Journal (Vol. 28, No. 2).
Mark Krudys and Danny Zemel co-authored Effectively Handling Police Excessive Force Cases, which was published in the most recent edition of The VTLA Journal (Vol. 28, No. 2).
By: Gary A. Harki, | The Virginian-Pilot | August 5th, 2020 The U.S. Justice Department has filed a consent decree agreement in federal court with the Hampton Roads Regional Jail that, if approved, would force the jail to better care for its detainees, increase staffing and adhere to the Americans with Disabilities Act. The action […]
Today, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia filed a complaint and a proposed consent decree with the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority. The proposed consent decree would resolve the United States’ claims alleging unlawful conditions at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth, […]
By: Peter Vieth | Virginia Lawyers Weekly | July 13, 2020 A federal judge says a $12 million lawsuit can go forward against a group of bank officials accused of lining their pockets at the expense of employees’ retirement benefits. The putative class action suit claims that officials at Louisa-based Virginia Community Bank – now […]
On April 24, 2020, Danny Zemel and Mark Krudys, along with University of Richmond Law Professor John Preis, taught a national CLE webinar entitled, “Making a Federal Case of It.”
Associated Press | The Washington Post | Feb. 25, 2020 NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia jail guard ignored an inmate’s cries of pain and medical personnel did nothing to help him before he died, according to a lawsuit filed by his estate. The lawsuit said that when one officer at Hampton Road Regional Jail spotted […]
By Scott Daugherty |The Virginian-Pilot| Feb. 25, 2020|A1 It was obvious the Hampton Roads Regional Jail inmate was in severe and constant pain, other inmates would later say. But the jail’s correctional officers and medical staff did nothing last year to help 62-year-old Victor Rhea Fountain before his death, according to a new lawsuit. When […]
By Michelle Dmytryszyn | The Central Virginian |Feb. 13, 2020 A long-time employee is suing Louisa-based Virginia Community Bank, its holding company and four other defendants for $12 million, claiming she and her colleagues were cheated out of their retirement benefits. The class action lawsuit was filed in August 2019 in federal district court in […]
By Margaret Matray | The Virginian-Pilot | Feb. 13, 2020 But instead of calling EMS or driving to a hospital, officers took her to the police department, according to the suit. Less than three hours later — and despite calls for help — the 28-year-old died in a police lock-up cell, the lawsuit says. Now, VanGilder’s parents […]
By Adrienne Mayfield | Wavy | January 16, 2020 1:42 PM PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – A $7 million wrongful death lawsuit was filed Wednesday against eight Portsmouth Police Department officers after a pregnant woman died while in a holding cell at the city jail. 28-year-old Carmeita Jane VanGilder died while in a holding cell at […]