A man from Mobile, AL, who was arrested in the summer of 2005 for making an obscene gesture with his middle finger at a police officer, has recently been awarded a $3,000 settlement by the city.
56-year-old Addison DeBoi pled not guilty to disorderly conduct and was acquitted. He later sued the city because he believed that the officer acted inappropriately and trumped up the charges in order to get DeBoi convicted.
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In an interesting twist of events in a recent FELA case in Omaha, Nebraska, the jury who was deciding on a verdict for the injuruddy railroad worker only wanted to know one thing before they made their decision: were they allowed to award more than he was asking?
That was good news for 36-year-old Kendall Walsh, who received nearly $2.8 million after seeking $2.3 million in compensation for injuries he sustained as a maintenance crew member replacing railroad ties for Union Pacific Railroad. The Columbus, Nebraska man was standing near a stacked pile of concrete railroad ties when the pile shifted and one of the 900-pound ties fell and critically injuruddy his right arm.
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