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Litigation

May 3, 2005

Widow Files $25 Million Suit Against Fresno, Taser

An autopsy report concluded that 40-year-old Michael L. Sanders of Fresno died from a cocaine overdose. But his widow's lawyer recently filed a $25 million suit against both the city of Fresno and Fresno County as well as Taser International Inc. for the allegedly deadly way law enforcement personnel subdued Sanders.

By Eron Ben-Yehuda
        An autopsy report concluded that 40-year-old Michael L. Sanders of Fresno died from a cocaine overdose.
        But his widow's lawyer recently filed a $25 million suit against both the city of Fresno and Fresno County as well as Taser International Inc. for the allegedly deadly way law enforcement personnel subdued Sande...

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