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Woman who Shot Man Trying To Kill Cop Gets Sued

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The initial shooting was originally reported in the "In the news" section, but I couldn't find it to add to it. (probably not using the right search terms) Indiana DNR is also getting sued, but they've got lawyers for themselves.
"Over and over, I've seen publicly people say, 'No good deed goes unpunished,' and this could not be a more dramatic example of exactly that," said Jaehnen's attorney Guy Relford.

"Where a person uses reasonable force in self-defense or the defense of a third person they cannot be held, quote, 'in any legal jeopardy whatsoever,' end quote. And any legal jeopardy whatsoever unquestionably includes civil liability or being a defendant in a civil lawsuit," said Relford.

The lawsuit alleges Jaehnen used "excessive and unjustified deadly force in shooting and killing" Holland.
Sergeant William Halbig, writes Kystie, "should be commended, but instead she is being sued."

"I think that they make a great point," said Relford. "Not only should Kystie not be punished, but we shouldn't discourage other folks from doing the right thing when someone is trying to hurt or kill a police officer."

Relford hopes to have the case dismissed, but the family's legal counsel believes they have a strong case.

Prosecutors decided not to charge Jaehnen with a crime after investigating the shooting.
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The attorney filing this lawsuit literally has billboards of himself, along with his phone number, next to the highways all over the greater Cincinnati area. I'd like to see him crash and burn over this.

The guy fighting with the conservation officer had quite the criminal record. Searching his car after the shooting yielded a bunch of drugs, and equipment to produce more. A scumbag that REALLY didn't want to get rung up again. The WLWT story conveniently neglected to mention that part
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Brian D. wrote:The attorney filing this lawsuit literally has billboards of himself, along with his phone number, next to the highways all over the greater Cincinnati area. I'd like to see him crash and burn over this.

The guy fighting with the conservation officer had quite the criminal record. Searching his car after the shooting yielded a bunch of drugs, and equipment to produce more. A scumbag that REALLY didn't want to get rung up again. The WLWT story conveniently neglected to mention that part
It's not just billboards. I'm too far north to get Cincinnati TV, but there are TV ads constantly advertising the lawyer, with a jingle for the phone number, which has all the same digits.

Perhaps they (Indiana) already have a law and I'm not aware of it, but there ought to be some way defendents of these frivilious lawsuits should be able to recover their legal costs if the defendent wins or if the case is dismissed in at least these particular types of cases.
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You are lucky in Ohio that this kind of lawsuit wouldn't get off the ground.
http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/2307.60

Unfortunately, probably not the case in Indiana.
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AlanM wrote:Unfortunately, probably not the case in Indiana.
Indiana Code Title 35-41-3-2.
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djthomas wrote:
AlanM wrote:Unfortunately, probably not the case in Indiana.
Indiana Code Title 35-41-3-2.
Does this line from that link mean that the shooter can't be sued?
No person in this state shall be placed in legal jeopardy of any kind whatsoever for protecting the person or a third person by reasonable means necessary.
The Ohio law is very specific, straight forward, and pretty much air tight.
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