Luc Delahaye Awarded $106K Prix Pictet

© Luc Delahaye, Prix Pictet Ltd, Courtesy Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels “132nd Ordinary Meeting of the Conference, September 15, 2004, OPEC headquarters, Vienna, Austria,” from “Various Works 2008-2011.”

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Mentally Ill Woman Shot By Los Angeles PD Awarded $3.2M

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A federal jury has awarded $3.2 million to a mentally ill woman who sued after Los Angeles police shot her and shocked her with a Taser.

The Los Angeles Times reported jurors found that officers were negligent, malicious and used excessive force in their confrontation with Valerie Allen.

Her attorneys say Allen is bipolar and was in a manic episode when she grabbed a wooden stake and knocked down an officer who confronted the incoherent woman in September of 2009.

Other officers shot her three times and shocked her with a stun gun.

Allen was charged with assault with a deadly weapon but the charge was dropped.

Police Chief Charlie Beck says he stands by the officers and a department review concluded they acted reasonably.

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Bozeman Museum Awarded $2.3M in Donation Lawsuit

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A jury awarded $2.3 million to the Museum of the Rockies Inc. in a lawsuit against a Bozeman-area developer who failed to pay a promised endowment and research gift after using the museum and paleontologist Jack Horner in promotional materials for a proposed upscale housing development.

The jury on Thursday found Wade Dokken’s company, Ameya Preserve, liable for negligent misrepresentation, fraud and constructive fraud, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported.

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