Man awarded $1 in California Taser lawsuit

[July 10, 2010]  VENTURA, Calif. (AP) -- A man who sued a California police department after he was shocked twice with a Taser has been awarded $1 in damages.

A federal court jury in Ventura County awarded Max Vasquez the minimum figure earlier this month in his excessive-force lawsuit.

Vasquez claimed a Santa Paula officer jolted him twice -- including once while he was partially handcuffed -- during his arrest three years ago on suspicion of domestic violence and resisting an officer. The charges were later dropped.

Last year, Santa Paula agreed to pay $250,000 in a lawsuit by a man who claimed he suffered a serious back injury when he was taken to the ground and shocked twice in 2006.

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Information from: Ventura County Star, http://venturacountystar.com/

[Associated Press]

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