RYAN T. TROTTA Partner Ferrone Law Group For years, peace officers and firefighters injured by negligent third parties faced a harsh reality: even when they successfully pursued a personal injury claim, they often walked away with little or nothing. Workers’ compensation liens and future benefit credits routinely consumed third-party settlements, […]
ANDREW GANZ Partner Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC It is a scary, sobering and life-altering experience to believe in and spend your whole life working to uphold the rule of law, only to see it ignored when applied to you. For virtually every peace officer I have […]
JOHN E.B. MYERS Visiting Professor of Law UC Law San Francisco This article is continued from the December issue of PORAC Law Enforcement News. In the prior issue of the PORAC magazine, I introduced the law of qualified immunity. This article explains the application of the law to various situations […]
JOHN E.B. MYERS Visiting Professor of Law UC Law San Francisco Use of force by police is of great importance to society and to police. This article addresses one significant aspect of the issue: qualified immunity from suit. Section 1983 Lawsuits, Generally Law enforcement is entrusted with authority to use […]
MIKE RAINS Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC The Manslaughter “Case” Involving San Leandro Police Officer Jason Fletcher In my days as a college student in the late 1960s, I read a 1946 essay by British author George Orwell, entitled “Politics and the English Language,” in which […]