Los Angeles County will pay nearly $4 million to a local filmmaker and his daughter after the man was wounded by a rubber bullet during the 2020 protests related to the murder of George Floyd.
Attorneys for Cellin Gluck, 66, and his daughter Caroline Gluck announced Thursday that the Glucks were awarded $3.8 million after suing the county for negligence.
The elder Gluck was “unarmed and calmly photographing the crowd near Beverly Blvd. and Stanley Ave. when he was hit by a rubber bullet fired by a Sheriff’s deputy,” his attorneys said, adding that the “impact fractured his face, embedded shrapnel in his nasal cavity (removed nine months later), and left him with permanent disfigurement, vision problems, and severe emotional trauma.”
Cellin Gluck was awarded $3.5 million in emotional distress damages, while Caroline Gluck was awarded $300,000 for witnessing her father’s shooting, MyNewsLA.com reports.
“It is the largest jury award or settlement arising from the spring 2020 protest lawsuits,” the Glucks attorneys noted.
Attorney Carl E. Douglas added that lawsuit was “a case about accountability—and the jury made that clear.”
“Mr. Gluck was doing what any responsible parent would do—protecting his kids,” Douglas said. “Instead, he was permanently injured by deputies who still refuse to take responsibility.”
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