June 30, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld a $21 million verdict against an Atlanta Police Department officer whose shocking of a man with a Taser left him paralyzed from a resulting fall, keeping intact a $20 million compensatory damages award and a previously-slashed $1 million in punitive damages.
March 13, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit backed a federal judge's decision to slash from $20 million to $1 million a punitive damages verdict against an Atlanta Police Department officer whose shocking of a man with a Taser left him paralyzed from a resulting fall, calling the cop's conduct "reprehensible but not overly egregious" on Friday.
August 14, 2025
An Eleventh Circuit panel appeared conflicted Thursday over whether to toss a $40 million verdict against the city of Atlanta and a cop who left a man a quadriplegic after shocking him with a Taser over suspicions of panhandling, struggling with whether the officer should have foreseen the injuries he caused.