Jury Awards $21 Million in Civil Rights Case, with Noah Geary
Episode Summary
“Come and get me! Come and get me!” That’s what the 34-year-old man suffering from a mental health breakdown told state troopers responding to his family’s call for help.
At least that’s what one of the troopers testified during cross-examination in federal court. Attorney Noah Geary brought civil rights claims against the trooper, arguing that he used excessive force when he fatally shot Anthony Gallo during that tragic encounter in 2017.
In this unique episode of Just Verdicts, Noah and host Brendan Lupetin dramatically re-enact the exchange between Noah and the trooper, Chad Weaver.
“When did you come up for the first time with this new claim that Gallo said, ‘Come get me! Come get me!’” Noah says, reading from the transcript.
“Uh, just the other day,” says Brendan, reading for Weaver.
Tune in to hear details of this case, including the roadblocks that Noah overcame to a $21 million verdict.
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- Why Rule 12, qualified immunity, poses a challenge for plaintiffs’ lawyers in civil rights cases
- Factors motivating the increasing rate of excessive force by police
- The constitutional basis for civil rights claims
- Noah’s case against a state trooper who fatally shot Anthony Gallo as he was going through a mental health breakdown
- The “total sham” of a coroner’s inquest and the “nauseating” state police investigation
- What the defendant’s state police personnel file revealed about his behavior
- “This guy’s going to kill somebody”: Four women reported their fears about the defendant after a disturbing interaction with him nine days before the Gallo killing.
- Noah’s opening: “I let it all hang out.”
- Noah’s message to the jury on punitive damages: “Folks, this is a death case.”
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