Police Department Liability In Car Chase Deaths At Issue In Supreme Court Case Print
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Tuesday, 04 March 2014 16:50

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears likely to rule for police officers in Arkansas who were involved in a car chase that ended with the deaths of the driver and his passenger.
 
No one on the court in arguments Tuesday seemed inclined to affirm an appeals court ruling allowing a civil lawsuit by the driver's daughter to proceed against six West Memphis, Ark., police officers. They fatally shot driver Donald Rickard and passenger Kelly Allen in a chaotic scene on a Memphis street following a chase that began across the Mississippi River in Arkansas.
 
The lawsuit says police used excessive force. But several justices said the officers should be shielded from liability.
 
Police Liability In Car Chase Deaths At Issue In Supreme Court Case
 
 
 
 
Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 March 2014 06:20