PAULINO v. CRUZ
Jul 31, 2017OUTCOME: Jury awarded Eliel Paulino $350,000 in damages plus $100,000 to avoid the risk of a larger punitive damages award
Plaintiff Eliel Paulino claims that San Jose Police Officers Marco Cruz, Gerardo Silva, and Gurbaksh Sohal violated his rights under the Fourth Amendment and various state laws when they arrested Pauli ... no by taking him to the ground and striking him with batons. The defendant officers moved for summary judgment on all of Paulino's claims, arguing that the force they used was reasonable as a matter of law and that qualified immunity shields them from liability.
