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False Arrest

By: Derek Hawkins//May 2, 2017//

False Arrest

By: Derek Hawkins//May 2, 2017//

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7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Lois Marie Trask v. Edgar Rodriguez, et al

Case No.: 14-2601

Officials: POSNER, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: False Arrest

Lois Trask was gambling at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, when she picked up a $20 bill from the casino floor. Casino personnel determined from security videos that another patron had dropped the cash, and for more than an hour Trask was detained and accused of being a thief. Claiming that the detention had violated her rights, she filed this suit under both 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Indiana tort law.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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