Personal Injury Law

Suit Filed Against Cop Who Allegedly Caused Wreck

By Edward Bills

A Mississippi judge has approved a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she was severely injured when the car she was riding in was hit by a police officer who ran a red light without his lights on siren on. The city of Jackson, Miss., attempted to have the lawsuit thrown out, claiming that Joi Fitzgerald did not prove that the officer acted with “reckless disregard,” but the judge dismissed the motion. In a similar case in 2005, a judge ruled against a then-Jackson police officer when he ran a red light and caused a fatal accident.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on April 16, 2010 (boomark / email).