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MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have issued a statement in the Tyre Nichols case following the announcement that the sixth officer involved in the traffic stop that led to Tyre Nichols’ death has been ‘relieved of duty.’ Officer Preston Hemphill can be seen on …

  Deceased: Tyre Nichols (29, black male, single, one child) Date of Incident: January 7, 2023 Date of Death: January 10, 2023  Location: Memphis, TN Ben Crump Clients: RowVaughn Wells (Tyre’s Mother) & Tyre’s minor son (name/age?) Co-Counsel: Romanucci Blandin Law – Antonio Romanucci   Video Footage   There are 4 known videos recorded on …

May Tyre Nichols’ Death Create Change in “Saturation Unit” Policing like the SCORPION SQUAD “Pro-active policing” or “saturation unit policing,” whether the officers are in unmarked cars wearing tactical vests or “jump-out boys” in plain clothes and undercover, is defined by several common and dangerous components. These types of aggressive units are used in cities …

The family and Attorney Crump will hold a 11 am CT news conference on Friday MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have issued a statement on the announcement that the five officers (Justin Smith, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr) involved …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have issued a statement on preliminary findings in the independent autopsy of Tyre Nichols, who died after an encounter with Memphis police. Tyre Nichols died on Jan. 10, days after he was involved in a traffic stop conducted by …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have issued a statement following viewing the police body camera footage from the night that Tyre Nichols died after an encounter with Memphis police. Tyre Nichols died on Jan. 10, days after he was involved in a traffic stop …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci have issued a statement following the announcement that the five Memphis Police Department officers involved in the death of Tyre Nichols have been terminated from the Department. Tyre Nichols died on Jan. 10, days after he was involved in …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Tyre Nichols, a man who died on Jan. 10, days after he was involved with a traffic stop conducted by the Memphis Police Department that left him critically injured. Nichols fled the traffic stop scene, …

Adult Survivors Act Takes Effect Next Week, Allowing Survivors a Path to Justice NEW YORK, N.Y. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and co-counsel Adam P. Slater of Slater Slater Schulman LLP, a full-service law firm focused on representing survivors of catastrophic and traumatic events, will …

CHICAGO, Ill. –– Nationally acclaimed civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and mass tort powerhouse Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann of DiCello Levitt today filed a mass tort lawsuit on behalf of Jenny Mitchell, who contracted uterine cancer after her use of chemical hair straightening products sold by L’Oréal USA, suing that company as …

Los Angeles County Facing Lawsuit for Failing to Protect Children From Sexual Predators at Children’s Emergency Shelter   LOS ANGELES – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, founder of Ben Crump Law, and co-counsel Adam P. Slater, Founding Partner of Slater Slater Schulman LLP, filed a civil action against the County …

BUFFALO, NY–– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Terry Connors of Connors LLP and Ken Abbarno of DiCello Levitt have been retained by the family of Ruth Elizabeth Whitfield, one of thirteen victims of the deadly, racially-motivated mass shooting that occurred Saturday at a Buffalo grocery store located in …

Read filed court documents: Dkt. 22, 04.14.22 — Williams v WF – Amended Complaint ATLANTA, Ga–– Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law, co-counsel Linda Friedman and Suzanne Bish of Stowell & Friedman, plaintiffs and class members in the ongoing litigation against Wells Fargo today called on Wells Fargo’s shareholders to adopt …

ORLANDO, Fla.–– Nationally renowned personal injury attorneys Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and Bob Hilliard of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales announced today that they have filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, on behalf of Yarnell Sampson, the father of Tyre Sampson. Tyre’s wrongful death occurred March 24 when he fell …

Read filed court documents: Amazon Warehouse Complaint- WD-FINAL.pdf Amazon Warehouse PTSD Complaint FINAL.pdf EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.–– Renowned civil rights attorneys Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law, Bob Hilliard of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales, and attorneys Patrick King and William Miller of MillerKing Law Firm announced today that they have filed two lawsuits on behalf of victims of the deadly Amazon warehouse collapse …

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. –– Nationally renowned civil rights attorneys Ben Crump, Jeff Storms, and Antonio Romanucci have released the following statement on the decision today to not charge Minneapolis Police Officer Mark Hanneman in the February 2 death of Amir Locke: “The family of Amir Locke is deeply disappointed by the decision not to criminally charge …

MONROE COUNTY, Penn. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Devon Jacob today filed a lawsuit on behalf of Christian Hall’s family against members of the Pennsylvania State Police and the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office for Hall’s wrongful death. Attorneys for the family have released the following statement: …

Orlando, FL. –– Nationally renowned personal injury attorneys Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and Bob Hilliard of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales have been separately retained by the parents of Tyre Sampson, 14, a star 8th grade football player and A student who fell to his death Thursday night from the Free Fall ride at Orlando’s …

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family of Jason Walker issued the following statement today in response to the release of the official autopsy of Jason Walker, who was shot and killed by off-duty Cumberland County deputy Jeffrey Hash on January 8: “The information in this …