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Taser handed first loss in stun gun wrongful death lawsuit
Posted by: Jason Reese
September 10, 2008
Topic: Civil Rights Violations
Taser International Inc. was deemed partially responsible for the 2005 death of a Northern California man, resulting in a damage award of more than $6.2 million. The verdict, announced June 6, represents the first case lost by Scottsdale-based Taser (Nasdaq:TASR). The jury in the U.S. District Court case found Taser 15 percent responsible in the death of Robert C. Heston, while Heston himself was 85 percent responsible. Heston was struck three times by Salinas, Calif., police officers using a Taser stun gun, and the lawsuit argued that the shocks combined with the fact he was intoxicated with methamphetamine caused his death.
