A jury trial to determine whether Billy Dean Haas will be awarded damages from alleged mistreatment when he was arrested Sept. 23, 2008, plodded through its first day in Allen County District Court Tuesday.
The civil lawsuit accuses Allen County Undersheriff Bryan Murphy of battery, false imprisonment and excessive force when he arrested Haas that day. Also named in the suit is Murphy’s employer, Sheriff Tom Williams. The lawsuit seeks a judgment against each defendant “in an amount in excess of $75,000, for actual and compensatory damages, his costs and all other such…
Suit against officers starts
