Pierce County has agreed to pay $1.65 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a Fircrest man who died after being hit by a sheriff’s deputy responding to a call, the family’s attorney announced today.
Dale Neel, 61, was riding his moped home from work in September 2011 when he was struck by a patrol car driven by deputy Jason Smith. Smith was responding to a call at the time and had the car’s lights and sirens activated.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2013/01/08/pierce-county-to-pay-1-65-million-to-family-of-moped-rider-hit-and-killed-by-sheriffs-deputy/
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