"There's a reason, in a lot of jurisdictions, they have pursuit policies that say do not pursue juveniles in stolen cars," John Buckley Jr. said. "The balancing act between the need for immediate apprehension, particularly when the car has a GPS and is running low on gas versus potential harm immediately to the public. That balancing test is fairly easy to do in this case. There has to be an adult in the room, and the adult in the room has to be the police department. This pursuit should have never started in the first place, and it should have been shut down long before the time that this incident occurred.”
March 11, 2024 at 02:10 PM
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Litigation Reporter
John F. Buckley Jr. secured a $4.5 million settlement for his clients in a wrongful-death case, which alleged that police violated state policy in a high-speed chase of a minor that led to a deadly car crash.
The plaintiffs, Andrea Harnedy and Lisa LaSpina-Williams, as co-administrators of the estate of their sister Elena Laspino, brought the wrongful-death action against East Haven and police officers John Fraenza, Kevin McGuire, Ryan Michalowski and Sgt. Joseph Mulhern.
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