Jury awards $16.6M excessive-force verdict to LIer
Quick ReadA jury returned with an excessive-force verdict awarding Thomas Hartmann with $16.6-million.
Photo credit: Photo by CRAIG RUTTLE | Thomas Hartmann, 41, walks from the Eastern District Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn. (February 16, 2010)
A federal court jury Friday returned a stunning $16.6-million excessive-force verdict to a former construction worker from Long Island who lost his right leg in 2004 when a Nassau County police officer ran over him to make a misdemeanor arrest.
The Brooklyn federal jury, after less than three hours of deliberation, also found Thomas Hartmann, 41, was entitled to punitive damages in an amount...
