Berger v. City of Berkley

Plaintiff Ford Berger1 filed this tort suit against 58 municipalities, police departments and individuals to recover for personal injury. Plaintiff was totally blinded and suffered severe facial disfigurement when he was struck in the face by rice kernels fired from a shotgun by a fellow police officer while they were participating in a training exercise of the tactical support unit of the South Oakland County Mutual Aid Pact.

Plaintiff was an employee of the Royal Oak Police Department at the time of the injury. During the training exercise he was acting as a sniper and was "captured” by…