San Diego County lawyers are seeking to wipe out an $85 million jury award to the family of man who died after being restrained by sheriff’s deputies in 2015, or get a new trial in the lawsuit that generated the case. County lawyers contend the verdict stemming from the negligence and wrongful death lawsuit was “incurably infected with error” and…
But lawyers for the family disputed that conclusion and argued that the conduct of the deputies caused him to suffocate to death.
The case was tried twice in federal court. In September a jury deadlocked and could not reach a verdict. At a second trial held in March, after only a day of deliberation, the jury found the county liable and awarded Phounsy’s family $85 million.
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