Lawsuit filed over L.A. deputy’s seventh shooting

 

 

On Thursday, September 11, 2014, at 12:30 p.m., ObdulioOliva, Olga Sola, and their attorneys will hold a press conference in front of the Los Angeles federal courthouse, located at 312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. The press conference will announce the filing of a $10 million federal civil rights lawsuit.

 

Mr. Oliva and Ms. Sola are the parents of 23-year-old CarlosOliva-Sola of City Terrace, who was shot and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Anthony Forlano on September 10, 2013. On the night of the shooting, Carlos was on his way home after practicing guitar as a part of his church’s music group.The autopsy report indicates that Carlos was shot from behind,contradicting allegations that Carlos faced deputies in a threatening manner when he was shot.  

 

Over the last ten years, Deputy Forlono has been involved inseven shootings, including one shooting that resulted in a civil rights lawsuit that settled for $150,000. A separate civil rights lawsuit resulting from a 2011 shooting by Forlano is still pending.  The press conference will feature commentary on the incrediblyhigh volume of shootings in which deputy Forlano has been involved.

 

Obdulio Oliva and Olga Sola are represented by Dale K. Galipo and Thomas C. Seabaugh of the Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo. Olga Sola is also represented by Luis A. Carrillo of the Law Offices of Luis A. Carrillo.  

 

​Some of Mr. Galipo’s recent civil rights verdicts include a $6.5 million jury verdict in April 2013 for the family of DouglasZerby, who was shot and killed by Long Beach police while holding a garden hose nozzle that police claimed to have mistaken for a gun; a $7.8 million verdict in June 2014 for William Howard, an unarmed man who suffered a severe brain injury and partial paralysis after being shot in the face by a County of Riverside sheriff’s deputy; and an $8.8 million jury verdict in May 2013 for the family of LeJoy Grissom, an unarmed man who was killed in a parking lot by a Culver City police officer wielding an MP5 submachine gun.

 

​Contact: Dale K. Galipo and Thomas C. Seabaugh, the Law Offices of Dale K Galipo, cellphone: (626) 807-9317, officephone: (818) 347-3333, email: dalekgalipo@yahoo.com.