Letter from Albuquerque FEBRUARY 2, 2015 ISSUEYour Son Is DeceasedThe city has one of the highest rates in the country of fatal shootings by police, but no officer has been indicted.BY RACHEL AVIVTABLE OF CONTENTSAfter nearly every death, the police...
Judge orders city to pay $6M in APD fatal shooting case
By Alex Goldsmith and Tina JensenPublished: June 10, 2014, 1:13 pm Updated: October 17, 2014, 1:01 pmALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - For three years, the Albuquerque Police Department has maintained that 27-year-old Christopher Torres, who suffered from schizophrenia, grabbed an...
Murder Spurs Allsup’s Suit
Murder Spurs Allsup's SuitBy Scott SandlinCopyright © 2008 Albuquerque Journal; Journal Staff WriterAbduction. Rape. Murder.Such violent incidents have been in all-too-ready supply over the past 30 years at Allsup's stores, an attorney told jurors as a trial...
Las Cruces case regarding improper pacemaker implant goes to jury
LAS CRUCES >> Jurors on Friday heard closing arguments in a civil trial based on accusations that a German company conspired with a doctor in 2007 to unnecessarily implant a pacemaker in a man's chest.The suit, filed by Tommy and Barbara Sowards of Las Cruces,...
Jury awards Las Cruces couple $67 million for disputed pacemaker implant
By James StaleyLAS CRUCES >> A jury Monday awarded a Las Cruces couple nearly $70 million in damages after finding that a German company and one of its salesmen conspired to unnecessarily implant a pacemaker in 2007, marking the end of a lengthy civil trial.The...
Jury awards $9 million verdict against doctors
LAS VEGAS, N.M. - A Raton woman who suffered severe heart damage after her heart attack went undiagnosed for more than a day in 2006 won a multi-million judgment against three doctors on Friday.A San Miguel County jury found the three physicians - Misbah Zmily of...
Jury awards $67 million to pacemaker patient
Copyright © 2014 Albuquerque JournalLAS CRUCES - A jury has awarded a pacemaker patient more than $67 million in damages in a lawsuit in which he accused the device manufacturer, its salesman, a Las Cruces doctor and a Las Cruces hospital of a pay-to-play scheme,...
Allsup’s, Family Settle Lawsuit-about $30 million in punitive damages against Allsup’s.
Allsup's, Family Settle LawsuitBy Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer SANTA FE- A lawsuit over the death of a night-shift convenience store clerk against her employer was settled Tuesday minutes before a jury was poised to award $51.2 million to the victim's family....
Findings and Conclusions in Christopher Torres Case
This link provides the full and final findings and conclusions from the Christopher Torres Trial.findings-and-conclusions
Judge blasts officers in Torres shooting death-Albuquerque Journal
Renetta and Stephen Torres, left, and attorney Randi McGinn, right, discuss the $6 million that state District Court Judge Shannon Bacon awarded them over the death of their son, Christopher Torres. Christopher Torres was shot at the family's home by an APD officer....