On November 16, 2018 after a 3 day trial, a federal court jury handed down a verdict in favor of The Rehfuss Law Firm’s clients dismissing a federal civil rights claim brought by an individual who claimed he had been subjected to excessive force during the course of his arrest. The plaintiff, a heroin dealer, claimed that he had been struck by a police vehicle during his arrest and subsequently struck in excess of 90 times by a group of 5 police officers. Stephen Rehfuss was able to prove, through the use of a video of the arrest, medical records, the testimony of the police officers and the plaintiffs own statements at the time of his arrest that he had run into the side of a stopped vehicle while attempting to evade arrest and that his injuries were superficial in nature.
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