Result: $137,753.67 federal jury verdict

Young man being held in a northern Missouri county jail on charges that he allegedly “stole the preacher’s truck” is sexually assaulted by a violent inmate because the jail’s guards had made it a routine practice of “forgetting to lock the doors.” It is reported that this jury verdict was the only successful civil rights verdict in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri for the entire year. This case is also largely credited with establishing potential causes of action in Missouri for a governmental entity’s failure to properly train and/or supervise its employees. Following a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri…