James v. Aetna Life Insurance

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Charles Lee James was shot by a deputy sheriff while appellant held a gun to the side of a military sergeant who was being used by appellant as a shield. The incident occurred in a mobile home occupied by a woman and her children. The woman, whose husband had been temporarily transferred overseas by the military, had been receiving harassing telephone calls and, after consultation with the military and local police, agreed to the caller’s suggestion that he visit her in her home. Two deputy sheriffs and the military sergeant secreted themselves in and about…