A Baltimore jury last week granted a $2 million verdict to a woman who jumped out of a taxi window in November 2021 because she feared the driver was kidnapping her.

The jury deliberated for less than 15 minutes and found the driver, Roosevelt Tucker, liable on Oct. 10 in a false imprisonment case.

The plaintiff — an East Baltimore woman whose lawyer, Brandon James, asked that her name not be published — sustained cuts and bruises from jumping out of the car, which was driving around 25-30 mph, according to the police report. James said her injuries were not minor, but her medical bills weren’t exorbitant; her teeth punctured her lip, but she did not break any bones.

The woman, a Marshall’s employee who used Sedan Service Inc. to coordinate a ride to work, says she became scared whe

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