STEEN v. CITY OF PENSACOLA

Case No. 3:11-cv-142-RV/CJK.

809 F.Supp.2d 1342 (2011)

Cassandra STEEN, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Victor Damarius Steen, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PENSACOLA, a political subdivision of the State of Florida; John W. Mathis, in his individual capacity as Pensacola Police Dept. Chief; Jerald L. Ard, in his individual capacity as a Pensacola Police Officer, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Florida, Pensacola Division.

August 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Lashawn Watson , William Franklin Cash, III , Levin Papantonio , Daniel Mark Soloway , Soloway Law Firm, Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiff.

John W. Jolly, Jr. , Jolly & Peterson PA, Leonard J. Dietzen , Matthew Joseph Carson , Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants.


ORDER

ROGER VINSON, Senior District Judge.

This case stems from the tragic and unfortunate death of 17 year-old Victor Demarius Steen, who, in the early morning hours of October 3, 2009, was killed after being allegedly "tased" and then struck by a City of Pensacola marked police car driven by Police Officer Jerald Ard. The decedent's mother, Cassandra Steen, has brought this excessive force/wrongful death case against Officer Ard; the City of Pensacola...

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