Legal Opinion
Fontenot Ex Rel. Estate of Turner v. Taser International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 22, 2013No. 20-4188PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge MOTZ joined. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote a dissenting opinion.
BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:
Darryl Wayne Turner, age seventeen, died from cardiac arrest after a confrontation with police in which he was struck in the chest by electrical current emitted from a device commonly known as a “ta-ser,” manufactured by TASER International, Inc. (TI). The police officer who discharged the taser aimed the device at Turner’s chest based on training provided by the Charlotte…
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