Legal Opinion
Ronnie McCoy Lori McCoy v. City of Monticello Harold West, Mayor Monticello Police Department Sam Norris Ken Ouelette
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 16, 2005No. 03-3668PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
On December 31, 2000, Ken Ouelette (Officer Ouelette), an auxiliary police officer with the Monticello Police Department, engaged in a police pursuit of a vehicle driven by Ronnie McCoy (McCoy). The pursuit ended when the police forced McCoy’s vehicle off the ice-covered road into a ditch. With his firearm drawn, Officer Ouelette ran towards McCoy’s vehicle, slipped, and fell on the ice. Upon falling, Officer Ouelette’s gun accidentally discharged, and a bullet struck McCoy in the chest, seriously injuring him. McCoy and his wife, Lori McCoy, (McCoys) sued the City of…
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