Man injured during arrest is awarded $39 million
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Jury finds city officers acted improperly
A man whose neck was broken during his 1997 arrest by Baltimore police officers was awarded $39 million yesterday by a city Circuit Court jury.The plaintiff, 39-year-old Jeffrey Adrian Alston, now a quadriplegic who receives around-the-clock care at a nursing home in Ellicott City ,was present in the courtroom when the verdict was returned against police Officers Lewis Yamin and Mark Warble. [more]
A man whose neck was broken during his 1997 arrest by Baltimore police officers was awarded $39 million yesterday by a city Circuit Court jury.The plaintiff, 39-year-old Jeffrey Adrian Alston, now a quadriplegic who receives around-the-clock care at a nursing home in Ellicott City ,was present in the courtroom when the verdict was returned against police Officers Lewis Yamin and Mark Warble. [more]
