LA v. HAYDUCKA

No. CIV.00-03045 AMW.

269 F.Supp.2d 566 (2003)

Vak LA, individually and as Administrator Ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Kyung-Ho La, and Myung-Ok La, Plaintiffs, v. Raymond HAYDUCKA, Scott Williams, Kenneth Drost, Leonard Hibbitts, Pat O'Brien, Jeff Karpiscak, Richard Schwarz, South Brunswick Police Department, South Brunswick Police Chief Michael Paquette, John Does 1-20, and ABC Corporations 1-10, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

June 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam M. Slater, Nagel, Rice, Dreifuss & Mazie, Livingston, NJ, for Plaintiff.

Lori A. Dvorak, Lynch Martin, North Brunswick, NJ, for Defendant South Brunswick Police Department.

Jack Venturi, New Brunswick, NJ, for Defendant Raymond Hayducka, Jr.

David J. MacMain, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant Individual Officers.


OPINION

WOLIN, District Judge.

This case highlights the tension that sometimes exists between police and citizens when the aggressive actions of an emotionally disturbed resident obscure the line between lawful and unlawful conduct, and result in the tragic loss of life. It is cases such as this that fragment communities and heighten the rhetoric of discrimination particularly when the victim is a non...

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