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Terrible marksman rule makes cop liable for bystander injury
In Nashville, the Court of Appeals upheld a $15,000 damages award to Robert Romines after Patrolman Timothy Allen accidentally wounded him while subduing a knife-wielding suspect at a fast food parking lot. The panel rejected the idea that the bystander bore duty for the shooter’s misaligned shot and noted the suspect could not be expected to foresee such an outcome.
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