Dougherty jury awards $15.2 million in wrongful death lawsuit against city of Albany

ALBANY — After nearly five hours of deliberations, a Dougherty Superior Court jury awarded $15.2 million to the parents of LaShelton Kernard Stanford in a wrongful death lawsuit in which Cheryl Stanford and Willie Foster contended the city of Albany should have shut down the business where their son was shot and killed in 2010.

LaShelton Stanford was fatally shot after a fight broke out at Brick House Productions studio on Schilling Avenue during the early morning hours of Feb. 14, 2010. Shortly after his death, city officials closed the business.

According to police reports, from December of 2007 until Stanford’s death, Brick House had more then 30 incidents of aggravated assault, armed robbery, weapons violations, narcotics violations and other crimes at a place that billed itself as a movie/motion picture business/studio. Incidents included six aggravated assaults with firearms, two aggravated assaults with other weapons, a battery, a burglary, disorderly conduct, three entering autos, two liquor law violations, three narcotics violations, a robbery with a firearm, two simple batteries, five wanted persons on premise and another weapon violation.

The law firm of Adams, Jordan and Herrington represented the family of LaShelton Stanford. Dougherty County Chief Superior Court Judge Willie Lockette presided over the case.

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