Eureka's Insurer May Appeal Cotton Verdict
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September 27, 2011 at 12:45PM
It likely will never be known exactly which blow to the head killed Martin Frederick Cotton II on Aug. 9, 2007, but a federal jury has now ruled that on the night the 26-year-old died, he was subjected to excessive force by officers with the Eureka Police Department. As the Times-Standard reported Saturday, the jury found the City of Eureka liable for $4.5 million, with $4 million of that going to Cotton's daughter and $500,000 to his father.