Police officer's suit against woman whose son was killed in collision 'offensive': Lawyer

[Archae]

Source: ABC news

A New Mexico police officer with a history of being reprimanded for on-duty crashes filed a lawsuit against a woman whose 6-year-old son was killed when the officer slammed into their vehicle while speeding to a crime in progress.

Jonathan McDonnell of the Albuquerque Police Department filed the civil suit against Antoinette Suina, charging she "failed to yield to an emergency vehicle" when she turned in front of his speeding patrol car in 2017.


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A cop being a maniac on the road, so he sues a woman who loses her 6-year old boy in a collision?

[Lucky Luciano]

1. What a scumbag. The orange asshole will probably try try to find him the best lawyers...

...to go after this broken hearted woman.

[AtheistCrusader]

2. Well, that's pretty fucked up.

I like how cops get civil immunity, but they can apparently directly sue the public?

Hope his suit is tossed.

[avebury]

3. If he does have a history to being reprimanded for on-duty crashes

the Police Dept. would be smarter if they distanced themselves from the jerk. I have a hard time thinking that he could find a jury willing to side with the jerk over a woman who lost her 6 year old son because of the jerk. If this makes it to court I wish that the jury could recommend some type of monetary penalty against the jerk for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

[Stuart G]

4. This will not make it to court.. Bad publicity for Albuquerque Police Department

He will withdraw this lawsuit soon.

[marybourg]

5. The article itself states that it was a countersuit

to her suit for damages. Had he not countersued, he'd very likely be prevented from later bringing such a suit, should evidence on her suit show that she was in fact the cause of the accident.

I'm not saying she was; but not everything should be cause for indignation. Read, learn, empathize, or become just like THEM.

[marble falls]

6. He's looking to split the blame.