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CASILLAS-DIAZ v. PALAU

No. 04-1303.

463 F.3d 77 (2006)

Pedro CASILLAS-DÍAZ et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Officer Romualdo PALAU et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 19, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angel L. Rivera Colón, on brief, for appellants.

Daliah Lugo Auffant and Perez Vargas & Lugo Auffant Law Offices, P.S.C., on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CYR and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal follows a jury verdict awarding a grand total of $1,300,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to plaintiffs Pedro Casillas-Díaz (Casillas) and the Estate of Eliomar López-Claudio (López). In reaching this verdict, the jury found that four police officers, defendants Romualdo Palau, Juan Martínez, Liz Díaz, and Gabriel De León, had used excessive force in an encounter with Casillas and López. In...

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