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Injured Cop Awarded Damages in Police Chase Case

By Edward Bills

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A Mississippi judge has awarded $375,000 to a former Richland, Miss., police officer who suffered injuries when his personal vehicle was hit by a car involved in a police chase in 2004. Basil Thornton suffered a fractured vertebra, a broken foot, ankle trauma and other injuries in the accident. The judge ruled that the chase, which continued long after traffic controllers advised officers to stand down, and the accident resulted from the “reckless conduct of the Jackson Police Department officers.”

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on May 11, 2010 (boomark / email).

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