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Litigation

Sep. 16, 2003

City's Payment Settles Suit Over Police Killing of Ill Vet

The city of Lodi paid $200,000 last month after police shot and killed a mentally ill Vietnam veteran who tried to light a homemade "cannon" outside his house.

By Eron Ben-Yehuda
        The city of Lodi paid $200,000 last month after police shot and killed a mentally ill Vietnam veteran who tried to light a homemade "cannon" outside his house.
        The payment settled a wrongful-death suit filed by the widow and daughter of Kenneth Albert, 51. Albert v. City of Lodi, 00-2752 (E.D. Cal., file...

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