San Diego County lawyers are seeking to wipe out an $85 million jury award to the family of man who died after being restrained by sheriff’s deputies in 2015.
FILE - This undated photo provided by the United States District Court shows Lucky Phounsy. San Diego County lawyers are seeking to wipe out an $85 million jury award to the family of Phounsy, who died after being restrained by sheriff's deputies in 2015, or get a new trial in the lawsuit that generated the case.
One motion asks U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Huff to set aside the verdict, contending the evidence was not sufficient to support the jury’s conclusion, But lawyers for the family disputed that conclusion and argued that the conduct of the deputies caused him to suffocate to death.
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