Darryl Barnes Loses $76.4 Million Award Against Police Who Shot and paralyzed Him-after 20 Years!
Darryl Barnes, who was initially awarded $76.4 million by a jury after he was shot and paralyzed by a police officer 20 years ago will now get nothing except a bill for $100 in court costs, the state's highest court has ruled. The case began Aug. 22, 1988, when Officer Franz Jerome saw Barnes running with a Tec-9 semiautomatic pistol. Prosecutors said Jerome identified himself as a police officer and asked Barnes to stop. After a chase, Barnes fired and Jerome fired back, hitting Barnes and causing severe spinal injuries, they said, according to News reports.
The courts issued the following statement: "Motion for leave to appeal denied with one hundred dollars costs and necessary reproduction disbursements." That ruling ends the case, the city Law Department said. Barnes was also to pay $100.00 court costs.
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