Cases & Results
Budge & Heipt has achieved great success in the courtroom. We have obtained some of the largest jury verdicts and settlements in the country for victims of civil rights violations.
$26.75 MILLION
Jury Verdict: Jail death case against correctional healthcare company
$9.8 MILLION
Jury Verdict: Wrongful death and injury case
$8 MILLION
Jury Verdict: Excessive force by police
$7.25 MILLION
Settlement: Jail death case involving mentally ill inmate in county jail
$7 MILLION
Settlement: Jail death case involving privately-run jail
$6.75 MILLION
Settlement: Jail death case against county and correctional healthcare company
$6.4 MILLION
Settlement: Traumatic brain injury case
$5.7 MILLION
Settlement: Jail death case against correctional healthcare company and county
$5.5 MILLION
Settlement: Excessive force by police (non-fatal shooting)
$5 MILLION
Jury verdict: Punitive damages in civil rights case
$4.25 MILLION
Settlement: Jail death case against correctional healthcare company
$3.75 MILLION
Settlement: Wrongful death case against state prison system
$3.7 MILLION
Settlement: Wrongful death of jail inmate
$3.7 MILLION
Settlement: Brain damage case against government agency
$3 MILLION
Jury trial / mid-trial settlement: Prison death case
$2.7 MILLION
Settlement: Wrongful death case
$2.3 MILLION
Settlement: Death of jail inmate from excessive force
$2 MILLION
Settlement: Wrongful death of jail inmate
$1.75 MILLION
Settlement: Police shooting of mentally ill person
$1.75 MILLION
Settlement: Excessive force by police against mentally ill man
$1.6 MILLION
Settlement: Jail death and excessive force by police
$1.5 MILLION
Settlement: Prison death case
$1.25 MILLION
Settlement: Non-fatal police shooting case
$1.2 MILLION
Settlement: Civil rights case involving excessive police force
$1.1 MILLION
Settlement: Jail death case
$1 MILLION
Post-Jury Trial Settlement: Civil rights case against city police
$1 MILLION
Settlement: Excessive force case involving shooting by county officer
$1 MILLION
Settlement: Ethnic and religious targeting case
$1 MILLION
Jury Verdict: Civil rights case
$650,000
Court-approved class action settlement: Illegal treatment of state prisoners
$575,000
Settlement: Civil rights case involving racial targeting
$573,000
Settlement: Death of inmate
$500,000
Settlement: Death of a federal inmate in custody
If you or a loved one has been a victim of serious injury and/or death at the hands of police or in jail or prison, tell us about your case.