Smith v. Gorman et al.
Jan 01, 2013OUTCOME: Total Settlement: $3,075,000
Federal civil rights wrongful death action on behalf of the next of kin of David Cornelius Smith, who died at the hands of two Minneapolis police officers. Smith was a mentally ill man, who had commit ... ted no crime, but was acting bizarrely at the Minneapolis YMCA. The officers arrived, a struggle ensued, and Smith was ultimately handcuffed and placed in the prone position with weight on his back for 4 1/2 minutes. The officers failed to monitor his condition during the restraint, and Smith died from complications of mechanical asphyxiation. This is the second highest payout for a police brutality case in Minneapolis history.
