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| O.C. jail beating verdict reversed |
| By Los Angeles Times |
| Published: 07/04/2005 |
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A jury award of $177,000 to a former Orange County (Calif.) jail inmate in 2003 was overturned last week by a state appeals court. The ruling, issued last Wednesday, reversed a jury decision that awarded the money to former inmate Robert N. Carter, who said deputies beat him several times while he was in custody Jurors awarded $77,000 in compensatory damages from the county and $100,000 in punitive damages from Sheriff Michael S. Carona for failing to adequately supervise and train the deputies in the jail. But a three-judge panel from the 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana held, in a 27-page opinion, that Carter was entitled to nothing. "The evidence does not support the judgment against the County and Carona and therefore we reverse," the ruling said. "As a result, plaintiff is not entitled to recover any damages, including punitive damages, or attorney fees." The lawsuit stems from accusations by Carter that a total of 10 deputies beat him at different times after he was booked into the Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana on Feb. 16, 2000, on suspicion of possessing a cocaine pipe and violating his parole. Carter said he suffered injuries to his thumb, hip and jaw and that he later walked with a limp and had problems with his speech and mobility. Michael Morrison, an attorney who represented Carter on appeal, said he would again appeal, to the California Supreme Court. |
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