Man Awarded $4M in Excessive Force Lawsuit

Man awarded $4M in excessive force lawsuit

According to attorney Jon Marko, the call came in on the non-emergency police line from a neighbor reporting a suspicious person cutting through yards. Marko says his client, Daniel Reiff, had just gotten off a bus and was walking to a friend’s house. When Reiff saw police closing in, he admittedly ran due to his anxiety and history of drug problems.

Jury awards man $4M after Macomb County police officer punches, disfigures him

A jury has awarded $4 million in a lawsuit to a man who lost an eye after he was punched by a police officer in 2021.

Jury awards $4 million to man whose eye was ‘squished like a grape’ by Clinton Township cop

A federal jury on Monday found that a Clinton Township cop used excessive force during a non-emergency encounter, awarding $4 million in compensatory damages and $50,000 in punitive damages to Daniel Reiff, who was left blind in one eye after being punched in the face by the officer.The verdict came in a civil rights lawsuit against Clinton Township Police Officer Broc Setty, whom jurors found responsible for using unjustified force during a res…