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Post by tcrashfx on Apr 3, 2007 3:56:55 GMT -5
Shawanna Kendrick
April 2,2007 A civil rights case involving complaints of excessive force is now closed. Back in July of 2004, Kenneth Stone was running from police in a stolen car: an incident caught on dashcam video. Stone says he stopped, took off and Chattanooga Police Officer John Watkins released his K-9. Stone claims the officer let the dog attack him even after he was handcuffed. Stone sued the officer, the department and then Police Chief Steve Parks, but according to federal court records, the lawsuit was dismissed. Judge Harry S. Mattice says the plaintiff did not meet the burden of proof that's required. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2007 7:52:54 GMT -5
What penalty or cost, if any, did Stone suffer or have to pay for having filed a suit that was dismissed?
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Post by tcrashfx on Apr 3, 2007 10:58:49 GMT -5
Not a penny. And if he filed as an "Indigent" his filing fees and court costs were waived.
Who paid?
The taxpayers paid for this obviously, per a sitting Federal Judge {who examined all the evidence (Or apparent lack thereof)}, frivolous lawsuit that was nothing more than an legal extortion attempt.
And the attorney who filed it, knowing the basis (Or lack thereof) of the evidence (Assuming he/she read the complaint he/she wrote) will also receive no sanction.
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Post by voxpopuli on Apr 3, 2007 14:09:24 GMT -5
I believe that lawyers should be required to pay all court-related expenses for lawsuits thrown out under these circumstances. Ambulance-chasing fuckheads, each and every one of them.
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Post by tcrashfx on Apr 3, 2007 19:40:11 GMT -5
But that would mean that they would have to mean what they say and say what they mean. That is asking a lot of some of them.
A couple of "Costs Judged Against the Plaintiff" would shut down a few of them.
Most attorneys don't file BS cases like these. But like any profession, a few ass-hats make the rest look bad.
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