Category: Firm News
Knox County DA prevents release of police video showing Robert Bailey’s death in custody
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/14/da-prevents-release-video-robert-baileys-death-custody/6526160001/
Mother Files Lawsuit Against Scott County Sheriff For 2016 Jailhouse Death Of Her Son
Donna Jean Sexton-Pemberton filed a $5 million lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Scott County, Tennessee, and its sheriff, Ronnie Phillips, for the July 20, 2016 death of her son, Benny Shane Pemberton. Lance Baker of The Baker Law Firm, is representing Ms. Sexton-Pemberton in the litigation. Learn about how a cut on Benny’s foot
Former Hamblen County inmate files $5M Civil Rights Violation Lawsuit Over Beating By Fellow Inmate
Lance Baker of The Baker Law Firm is representing Jeremy Garcia, a Knox County man who alleges he received a jailhouse beating in 2015 severe enough to cause memory loss and ongoing depression and in which he suffered multiple facial fractures. Garcia alleges that his jailers did little or nothing to protect him from more
Knox County And KCSO Face $5M Lawsuit Over Treatment Of Mentally Ill Inmate
A November 2014 staff beating of a Knox County jail inmate, caught on video, is at the center of a $5 million lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in late 2015. Lance Baker, founder of The Baker Law Firm, is representing Louis Flack. The suit alleges that Flack’s civil rights were violated by the Knox County
Brutalized inmate reaches settlement with Knox County
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/brutalized-inmate-reaches-settlement-with-knox-county/51-82457228
Cocke County sheriff and jailers face class-action lawsuit, accused of failing to protect “hundreds” of assaulted inmates
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/cocke-county-sheriff-and-jailers-face-federal-class-action-civil-rights-lawsuit/51-d296d2d0-8ac6-4970-8874-4edc7348189a
Knox County Medical Examiner Report Says Robert Bailey Died of Drug Overdose in Police Custody
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2022/01/26/district-attorney-robert-bailey-died-drug-overdose-police-custody/9230877002/
Claiborne County couple allege deputy, officer beat their son, knocked him unconscious after ATV chase
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/claiborne-county-couple-allege-deputy-officer-beat-their-son-knocked-him-unconscious-after-atv-chase/51-3bfd4166-4595-4376-9bc9-d90c5884a63a
Transparency does not end at purchasing the body cameras’ | Attorney discusses body-worn camera effectiveness
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/transparency-does-not-end-at-purchasing-the-body-cameras-attorney-discusses-body-worn-camera-effectiveness/51-b5118a04-3907-4de8-bff0-dacbc8972c7a
‘Dirty jail floor’: Parents target Morristown police, Hamblen County jail in 2020 OD death of son
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/dirty-jail-floor-parents-target-morristown-police-hamblen-county-jail-in-2020-od-death-of-son/51-22e224fd-0cdf-4a22-b3bb-f521d56de6ec