The Ohio Supreme Court will soon decide if a wrongfully convicted man will receive the 13.2 million dollars that was awarded to him in a monetary judgment two years ago. David Ayers spent 11 years in prison for the 1999 murder of a woman at a high-rise where Mr. Ayers was a security guard. In 2011 DNA evidence cleared him of that crime.
A jury determined two police detectives working the case framed David Ayers and are responsible for his wrongful conviction. One of the detectives, Michael Cipo, died in 2013 and the other, Denise Kovach, was determined responsible to pay the $13.2 million judgment. Usually in cases such as these, the city will indemnify the employee, paying the judgment in their stead, but the city of Cleveland ducked the charges and, instead, helped the officer file bankruptcy to avoid paying Mr. Ayers any money. In 2016, a judge ordered the city to pay the $13.2 million judgment, but Cleveland sought an appeal that is headed to the Supreme Court for a final ruling.
This is an interesting case and the Supreme Court ruling will determine future procedure for indemnification.
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Ohio Supreme Court to decide if Cleveland has to pay $13.2 million to wrongfully convicted man
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Monetary Judgment Case Headed to Supreme Court