Sheldon v. City of Ambler

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case arises out of the actions taken by Village Police Officer Bryan Jones on the night of June 24, 2002, in an effort to restrain Albert Sheldon. Jones had put Sheldon, drunk and refusing to obey Officer Jones’s orders, in a bear hug and then, performing a take down, shoved Sheldon to the ground. Sheldon fell, head-first, and died as a result of the injuries he sustained during the fall.

Sheldon’s estate and Ramona and George Sheldon (hereinafter Sheldon) sued Bryan Jones and the City of Ambler (hereinafter Jones), alleging that Jones used…