Michael Collarini

Lawsuits

Named in 4 known lawsuits, $192,501 total settlements.

Walters, Kadeen vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV07378, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 23, 2021, ended May 19, 2023
$52,501 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 4, 2020, the Plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, assaulted, and subjected to unlawful arrest and imprisonment by the POs. After 12 hours in custody, the plaintiff was released.

Kye, Kiyee, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV03660, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 11, 2021, ended July 23, 2024
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 2, 2020, Plaintiff was escorting his cousin Ms. Kiyee, an essential worker, from work to home when they encounter a group of officers, believe to include some of the defendants, chasing a young Black man and tackling him to the sidewalk. Plaintiff instructed his cousin to start recording the actions on a cell phone, remaining a safe distance from the officers. At that time, Defendant Maloney and one other named Defendant pointed at Plaintiff and directed defendants Cheung, Shouldis, Ambrecht, and one other Defendant to walk toward Plaintiff. Defendant officers instructed Plaintiff and his cousin to move back, with which they complied, with Plaintiff raising his hands over his head as he stepped back. De...

Crawford, James vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV04348, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 14, 2019, ended January 28, 2020
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 12, 2018, at around 7:00pm, Mr. James Crawford, who was working as a roadside assistant for Allstate, responded to a motorist's call for help at the intersection of Bleeker Street and LaGuardia Place. The motorist's car batter had died. Mr. Crawford parked across the street from the motorist. As Mr. Crawford was to the motorist's car with equipment to jump start their car, NYPD Officers jumped out of an unmarked car and began yelling at Mr. Crawford. When the Officers reached Mr. Crawford, the grabbed his arms and began kicking at his legs. They handcuffed Mr. Crawford and pushed him against his own car, while continuing to kick at his legs. The Officers told Mr. Crawford that he was being arrested ...

Garrett, Darnell vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV07217, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 17, 2018, ended April 30, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On September 16, 2014, plaintiff was verbally abused by two police officers for yelling to get the attention of his friend. They stopped plaintiff and asked for his identification. Plaintiff refused and tried to continue walking. He was immediately tackled and beaten. The officers pressed their knees into plaintiff's lower back as they placed the handcuffs on him. One of the officers also pointed his taser at plaintiff.