Judge to rule if sheriff, county will remain defendants in Costco shooting lawsuit

[RamboLiberal]

A federal judge said he’ll issue a written order in “a few days” that will determine the course of a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of Costco shooting victim Erik Scott against Metro Police and Clark County.

It’s a virtual certainty the lawsuit will proceed into the discovery phase before leading to trial. The issues in today’s hearing before U.S. District Judge Edward Reed Jr. at the George Federal Courthouse were whether the county and Sheriff Doug Gillespie should remain as defendants and whether the scope of claims for damages sought by Scott’s family should be narrowed.

After the hearing, Scott’s father, William Scott said: “I’m smart enough to know there’s no certainty in a courtroom. I’m hopeful it will proceed forward.”

Scott, a 38-year-old medical-device salesman, was shot and killed by police outside the Costco store in Summerlin on a busy Saturday in July after they reportedly responded to a 911 call of a man with a gun destroying merchandise inside the store. A coroner’s inquest, siding with police testimony that Scott posed an imminent threat as he left the store, found that the shooting was justified.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jun/01/judge-rule-if-sheriff-county-should-be-named-lawsu/

Interesting case to follow. I'm curious how the civil lawsuit will pan out.

[Hoyt]

1. Sorry for his family, but if he hadn't been walking around with a gun, he'd still be here.

Another good reason to restrict guns in public.

[gejohnston]

2. So, police misconduct is OK with you as long as it serves your purpose?

[Hoyt]

3. Not sure there was police misconduct. Jury said No, Costco employees said No, police said No.

That's a lot of folks that would have to be wrong. I thinks the guy toting and acting erratically was the one wrong. Who needs a gun in a Costco anyway?

[rrneck]

4. This forum has proven to be a wonserful authoritarian detector.

KaDoooooogaaaa. KaDoooooogaaaaa. WHOOOP WHOOOP WHOOP

Damn. Blew a fuse.

[Hoyt]

5. So do you have evidence the jury, Costco, and/or police were wrong? Or do you just believe toters?

[rrneck]

6. Nope.

I'm just enjoying the expression of your priorities.

:rofl:

[rl6214]

7. Do you ever read your own words and realize how ridiculous you sound?

[Hoyt]

8. In other words, you are ignoring witness accounts and the unanimous decision in Coroner's inquest.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/28/jury-shooting-justified/

http://www.lvrj.com/news/man-did-not-pull-gun-on-police-at-costco--lawyer-says-98279344.html


So who sounds ridiculous?

[Remmah2]

9. And if the police had not had guns he would still be with us.

The Second Amendment says nothing about the police having firearms.

(Think real hard.)

[Hoyt]

10. Yea, we'd have no police -- then, toters would be shooting anything that moved in the night.

Witnesses say the guy was acting erratic. He didn't listen to police when they arrived. Sadly, he was shot. Again, who needs a gun in Costco?