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  1. March 26, 2024

    Boston To Pay $4.7M To Settle Suit Over Fatal Police Shooting

    The city of Boston said Tuesday that it has agreed to pay $4.7 million to settle a suit brought by the mother of a Black man fatally shot by police in 2016, ending a yearslong case that saw the city repeatedly draw the ire of the presiding judge due to discovery missteps.

  2. March 25, 2024

    Boston Settles Police Shooting Suit After Drawing Judge's Ire

    The city of Boston has settled a six-year-old lawsuit filed by the mother of a Black man who was shot and killed by a police officer, after the city's discovery missteps and violation of court orders nearly lost it the case, according to a Monday filing.

  3. February 26, 2024

    Boston Moves To Settle Suit Over 2016 Police Shooting

    The city of Boston has reached an agreement in principle to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of a Black man who was shot to death by Boston police officers in 2016, according to a Monday filing.

  4. December 21, 2023

    Boston At Odds With Shooting Victim's Mom Over Settlement

    The city of Boston and its new counsel from Nixon Peabody LLP told a judge Thursday that they were willing to try reaching a court-mediated settlement with the mother of a Black man fatally shot by police officers in 2016 — an offer the plaintiff called "self-serving" as the court considers her motion for a default judgment due to the city's discovery failures.

  5. December 14, 2023

    Boston Urged To Settle Shooting Case As Legal Bill Climbs

    During an emotional hearing Thursday, a federal judge ordered both sides in a lawsuit over the fatal shooting of a Black man by Boston police to try to work out a deal, grilling the city's attorneys on their hourly fees in expensive litigation that has been stalled by numerous discovery violations.

  6. December 11, 2023

    New Attys Can't Bail Out Boston In Shooting Case, Court Told

    Boston's new legal team from Nixon Peabody LLP arrived too late to save the city from default in a police shooting case after a litany of missteps and discovery violations by a "revolving door" of prior lawyers, the victim's mother argued Monday.

  7. December 07, 2023

    Boston Seeks To Avoid Default In Police Shooting Case

    The city of Boston and its new counsel from Nixon Peabody have pleaded with an already-exasperated federal judge not to enter a default judgment for the city's repeated discovery lapses in a suit over the 2016 police shooting of a mentally ill Black man.

  8. November 22, 2023

    Boston Faces Default In Shooting As Nixon Peabody Steps In

    The mother of a mentally ill Black man who was shot to death by Boston police after she called 911 to get him help in 2016 asked a judge Wednesday to enter a default judgment against the city, now represented by Nixon Peabody, after years of what the judge has already characterized as the city "slow walking" its discovery obligations.

  9. May 05, 2023

    Firm Can Rep Both Boston Officers In Police Shooting Suit

    A defense attorney for two Boston cops involved in the shooting of a mentally ill Black man accused a federal judge Friday of trying to scare one of his clients out of being jointly represented by a pair of Brody Hardoon Perkins & Kesten LLP lawyers in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the man's mother — a client arrangement the judge later approved.

  10. March 29, 2023

    Boston Warned Of Sanctions In Case Of Man Shot By Police

    A Boston federal judge overseeing a wrongful death suit stemming from a 2016 police shooting of a mentally ill Black man warned the city's top attorney Wednesday that repeated discovery missteps could cost the city the case and result in sanctions.

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