I'll just tee this one up and watch...

[Sarge470]

Here ya go...have at it.

Former Mass. officer shot by homeowner wins $1.2M

 

[Lex Concord]

Pretty thin on details.

I did find both of the comments interesting.

 

[rockhopper46038]

Not much to say. No facts about the incident are present in the story. I suppose the homeowner can appeal if they believe they weren't negligent. Are you fishing for commentary about how the homeowner is held personally responsible to pay the damages in this case, while were the positions reversed it would be the city, not the officer?

 

[Lex Concord]

Not much to say. No facts about the incident are present in the story. I suppose the homeowner can appeal if they believe they weren't negligent. Are you fishing for commentary about how the homeowner is held personally responsible to pay the damages in this case, while were the positions reversed it would be the city, not the officer?

This touches on why I found the first comment interesting.

If the role was reversed, the homeowner would have taken the cop for everything he had.

Is this possible anywhere in the U.S.? I'd be interested to know.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Better story. Lot of fail going on here and I don't see as much fail for the home owner.


Jury awards $1.2M to Shrewsbury officer shot during house call - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com

 

[Sarge470]

I've been to several seminars/classes on liability, and every one has stressed that if the officer is found to be in violation of department policy, then he/she is directly liable for damages. The reason you don't see as much of it is that plaintiffs and their attorneys know that individual cops don't have the deep pocket they're looking for and those suits don't move forward as often as the high-profile, big dollar cases do.

 

[KG1]

Better story. Lot of fail going on here and I don't see as much fail for the home owner.


Jury awards $1.2M to Shrewsbury officer shot during house call - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com

I agree. Can't say that I might not have acted differently than the home owner did with multiple alarms going off and no indication that a police officer was on the scene other than the disputed claim that he identified himself prior to being shot.

 

[Lex Concord]

I've been to several seminars/classes on liability, and every one has stressed that if the officer is found to be in violation of department policy, then he/she is directly liable for damages. The reason you don't see as much of it is that plaintiffs and their attorneys know that individual cops don't have the deep pocket they're looking for and those suits don't move forward as often as the high-profile, big dollar cases do.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Lex Concord]

What's sad is that Ragsdale has been denied the ability to carry, apparently because of this incident, even though it appears he was not found to be criminally liable.

As the circumstances are presented in the story in the Telegram (BunnyLink), any of us could have done the same.