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HAGANS v. FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

No. 11-3648.

695 F.3d 505 (2012)

Patricia HAGANS, Administratrix of the Estate of Patrick Hagans, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, Franklin County Hall of Justice; James A. Karnes, In His Capacity as Sheriff of Franklin County, Ohio, Franklin County Hall of Justice; Jason Ratcliff, Individually and In His Capacity As a Franklin County Deputy Sheriff, c/o Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Franklin County Hall of Justice, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mary Jane Martin , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Thomas Joseph O'Connell , Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Mary Jane Martin , Arnold Paul Thies , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Thomas Joseph O'Connell , Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: SUTTON and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges; DOWD, District Judge.

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Invented by a NASA scientist more than fifty years ago, the taser has become an ever-present tool of law enforcement. The device allows officers to incapacitate resistant suspects for a brief period of time with relatively few risks. Relatively few though those risks may be, they are not non-existent, as this case illustrates. A police officer in Columbus, Ohio, used a taser to subdue...

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