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Article: Settlement reached in quadriplegic's excessive-force suit; City of St. Paul's out-of-court deal for $225,000 triples previous record.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- October 24, 1997
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St. Paul has agreed to pay a record $225,000 to a quadriplegic to settle his claim that police beat him when he could not follow their orders to raise his arms and get out of an automobile.
"I think they [the city] looked at this realistically as one that they would lose," said attorney Robert Bennett, who represented 32-year-old James Brendale of St. Paul. The settlement was reached last month and was approved by the City Council several weeks later.
Bennett said officers disregarded Brendale's explanation that he was unable to use his arms or legs. He said they grew angry when
he could not comply with their requests, then threw him to the ...