A jury awarded nearly $400,000 to a Westchester County municipality that claimed its counsel for a group of civil rights cases incorrectly advised that the city would not have to pay the plaintiffs’ legal fees.
In 2004, White Plains police officers arrested three people after they asked why their friend was getting arrested. After the three were cleared of resisting arrest and obstruction charges, they sued the city in federal court, alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution
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