Defense Verdict in Favor of Municipality

Defense verdict in favor of municipality against claims of excessive force and deliberate indifference to plaintiff’s medical needs against a police officer and his law enforcement employer. Plaintiff was detained in the sobering cell of the jail for DUI and hit and run. Plaintiff claimed the police department was deliberately indifferent when they deprived him of his mood stabilizing prescription while he was detoxing from alcohol consumption. Plaintiff also alleged excessive force after he attacked an officer in the sobering cell.