A jury returned a verdict totaling over $729,000 in a case involving the abuse of a patron by security personnel at Tunica's Hollywood Casino and a deputy of the Tunica County Sheriff.
The victim, who was suspected of counting cards, a lawful activity, but not suspected of any illegal activity, was wrongfully detained by Hollywood Casino employees, who instructed cashiers to refuse to cash the victim's chips unless the victim provided them with his identification. The victim refused to do so and asked to be paid so that he could leave the casino. Instead, casino employees called the Sheriff's department. A deputy demanded identification from the victim, who complied with the deputy's demand but instructed the deputy not to show the identification to casino personnel. The deputy ignored this instruction, and allowed casino personnel to take possession of the victim's identification and photocopy it, despite there being no legal basis for so doing. The victim was arrested for disorderly conduct. The charge was subsequently dismissed.
The jury awarded $25,000 from the deputy individually for unreasonable searches and seizures. The jury found the casino liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, conversion, and trespass to chattels. The jury awarded $103,703 in damages to the victim from the casino, plus punitive damages of $600,550.
Grosch v. Tunica County et al.
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The victim, who was suspected of counting cards, a lawful activity, but not suspected of any illegal activity, was wrongfully detained by Hollywood Casino employees, who instructed cashiers to refuse to cash the victim's chips unless the victim provided them with his identification. The victim refused to do so and asked to be paid so that he could leave the casino. Instead, casino employees called the Sheriff's department. A deputy demanded identification from the victim, who complied with the deputy's demand but instructed the deputy not to show the identification to casino personnel. The deputy ignored this instruction, and allowed casino personnel to take possession of the victim's identification and photocopy it, despite there being no legal basis for so doing. The victim was arrested for disorderly conduct. The charge was subsequently dismissed.
The jury awarded $25,000 from the deputy individually for unreasonable searches and seizures. The jury found the casino liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, conversion, and trespass to chattels. The jury awarded $103,703 in damages to the victim from the casino, plus punitive damages of $600,550.
Grosch v. Tunica County et al.
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