At least 23 lawsuits are active against Denver, and an attorney says the city's liability could be staggering.
, who assembled the list of 23 cases, including three that he's handling, sees these resolutions in the larger context of civil-rights settlements and awards.
"It's reaffirming that juries are just as upset about these types of issues as we are," Schwab says."That's not to say a jury will hit Denver harder because there's something special about George Floyd cases. All civil-rights cases are important. But these abuses just don't seem to be something juries are going to stand for anymore.
Some of the cases could be settled before the mayoral election next April. But Schwab believes the overwhelming majority will still be lingering when Hancock's successor is sworn in. Schwab points to the fact that Denver has filed a motion to dismiss at least seven of the complaints. And the tenor of a document submitted last month in regard to one of his cases, Dominick et al. v. City of Denver et al., indicates that the city plans to energetically fight allegations rather than settle, he says.
Denver makes two major arguments against the lawsuit in the sixteen-page motion:"Plaintiffs’ Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Selective Enforcement Claims do not State Plausible Claims of Constitutional Violations by Individual Defendants," based in part on the assertion that"Plaintiffs have not plausibly alleged selective enforcement," and"Plaintiffs Have Not Plausibly Pled Municipal Liability" because, among other things, they"have not plausibly...
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