Jury Awards Him and His Daughter $3.8M, the Largest Verdict Yet from 2020 Protest Cases
LOS ANGELES, CA — A Los Angeles jury has awarded $3.8 million to filmmaker Cellin Gluck and his daughter Caroline Gluck, finding the County of Los Angeles negligent for injuries sustained when Mr. Gluck was shot in the face by a projectile while peacefully chaperoning his children during a George Floyd protest in 2020. His daughter was awarded damages for witnessing her father be shot. It is the largest jury award or settlement arising from the spring 2020 protest lawsuits.
The verdict was delivered Wednesday afternoon in Department 40 of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, presided over by Judge Michael Shultz…