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Personal Injury & Torts

Jun. 23, 2004

Police-Force Lawsuit Goes Forward

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to block a lawsuit against Anaheim and five of its police officers on behalf of a man left in a permanent coma after being restrained by the police.

        WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to block a lawsuit against Anaheim and five of its police officers on behalf of a man left in a permanent coma after being restrained by the police.
        The court rejected arguments that the officers should be immune from the suit, which claims they caused the man's coma by kneeling on him and stopping his breathing as he lay handcu...

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