punisher73
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TASER International Inc. lost its first products liability case on June 6, 2008 when a jury awarded damages of more than $6 million in the wrongful death lawsuit of a 40-year old California man. Robert Heston was intoxicated with methamphetamine when he was subjected by police officers to approximately 25 discharges from multiple TASER electronic control devices: the lawsuit claimed the shocks from the TASER contributed to his death.
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Hmmmm, high on drugs and drunk. You put a drug into the system that effects the heart rate and ramps it up and then induce a high level stress situation? Again, it is not the shock of the TASER that caused it but the stress of the event. I don't care what a JURY says it was, read the medical studies on the TASER's effects. Even then, the jury ruled it "contributed" not caused.
This was a civil lawsuit where they are going to go after the person with the most money. Since it is also a civil case, it is a very low bar to have to get over to win (tip your case slightly in your favor and you win it).
These cases are about somebody trying to get rich quick. It was like a few years ago when some guy got drunk at Giant's stadium and found ways to violate the alcohol policy and then got in a wreck on the way home and killed someone. They family of the victim sued and won MILLIONS of dollars from the Giant's organization because they "contributed" to the accident.
I have yet to see a case where somebody got disorderly and was completely in good health and was only tased once and then died. It is ALWAYS somebody in poor health or high on drugs, or somebody that is both and continues to disobey and fight with the police and multiple hits are used.