• About Us
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
Friday, June 13, 2025
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
WiredNewsEngine
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Legal
  • Business
  • Featured
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Legal
  • Business
  • Featured
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
No Result
View All Result
WiredNewsEngine
No Result
View All Result

Illinois mother settles stun gun wrongful death lawsuit

by WebMaster
May 4, 2009
in Legal, Press Release
0

Illinois city settles claim after 17 year-old dies from stun gun shocks by police.

Chicago, IL(JusticeNewsFlash.com)–As reported by the Chicago Tribune, a lawsuit filed against the Jerseyville Police Department, a suburb of St. Louis, Illinois, settled for an undisclosed amount. According to court documents, Roger Holyfield was shocked with a stun gun, by police officers, on October 28, 2006. The boy, who was 17 at the time, was approached by Jerseyville authorities while carrying a Bible and shouting, “I want Jesus”. Police officers allege the boy became combative when authorities confronted the young man.

Police shocked Holyfield with a stun gun once, and when he failed to comply shocked him again. Jerseyville police officers called for emergency medical personnel (EMS) when he dropped to the ground unconscious. St. Louis area EMS workers arrived, began CPR, and transported Holyfield to the hospital. Doctors were unable to maintain Holyfield’s life and pronounced him dead. Rita Cummings, the mother of the dead boy, and her lawyers filed the wrongful death claim against the city of Jerseyville and the Jerseyville Police Department. The plaintiff and named defendants agreed to settle for an undisclosed amount of damages in the boy’s death.

JusticeNewsFlash.com news for Illinois wrongful death attorneys.

WebMaster

WebMaster

Next Post

North Dakota plane crash kills passenger

Categories

  • Banking
  • Bollywood
  • Brand Partner Content
  • Business
  • Cancer
  • Current
  • Entertainment
  • Featured
  • Finance
  • Health
  • Hollywood
  • Legal
  • Press Release
  • Technology
  • World News
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Legal
  • Business
  • Featured
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us

No Result
View All Result