Civil Rights Violations Law Questions
Do I have a personal injury case against the police department if I am injured during an arrest?
Sometimes. These types of cases are governed by a Federal law that lawyers who handle these cases call a “1983” action, named after a particular section of the Federal statutes pertaining to Civil Rights violations upon individual citizens by municpalities, police departments, and individual police officers. A “1983” action can occur from a vast array of circumstances involving Civil Rights cases, including prisoner rights.
