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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kristin M. Hall

Tennessee family's lawsuit against police, paramedics over use of force dismissed

Lethal Restraint One Family Lawsuit - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A lawsuit alleging Bristol, Tennessee, police officers and paramedics used excessive force on a 23-year-old man having a seizure and failed to give him access to medical care has been dismissed.

A federal judge ruled Monday in favor of the city of Bristol and the officers and paramedics, who argued the statute of limitations had expired by the time the family of Austin Hunter Turner filed the lawsuit over his 2017 death.

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