Eleven months ago (January 25, 2011) Deputy Woods filed a Federal lawsuit in (where else?) Federal District Court in Rockford. And guess who got it. Judges Mahoney and Kapala. They certainly are seeing the name "McHenry County Sheriff's Department" a lot these days.
If you have a Pacer account, check out Case Number: 3:2011cv50020.
Who’s in the case?
Plaintiff - Eric Woods
Defendant - International Cartridge Corporation
Receiver - McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren
Respondent - McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren
What do Receiver and Respondent mean?
Why isn't Woods going after the Sheriff's Department for its sloppy program that allowed a deputy to enter the shoot room at the range and take a shot on a metal target so close to Woods? Does that sound dangerous to anyone else?
Woods probably wouldn't want to risk his job and friendships by going after his employer and his buddies. No matter that he could have been more seriously injured or killed as a result of a sloppy range program.
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Why would Woods sue the cartridge company? Was it defective? I dont think so becuz it certainly propelled a projectile which ricocheted (sp?) off some metal... duh of course... and inflicted minor derma damage due to the specific angle of which the ballisticus made contact and penetrated non-kevlar pantalonies thereby striking against homo-sapien dermatalogical tissue and causing abrasions on such.
Geez... TMB shudda been a lawyer since I'm so full of it! DOH!
TMB, the bullet was supposed to be a "frangible", if I recall the word correctly. I think that means it was supposed to pulverize when it hit the target.
There were some rumors that the bullet wasn't the frangible type, but then Woods probably would have been more seriously injured.
There was some "noise" (defensive chatter) afterwards that the bullet didn't disintegrate and splatter as it should have.
The biggest problem was poor range management or poor shoot-room design or poor training. Or all of the above. There were also rumors about hazing or "initiation" to SWAT team membership.
Well I guess you can be ruled off the jury. ;) I have a feeling they may be looking for someone to hear the evidence before making up their minds.
And you think the "evidence" is still around, somewhere?
I didn't read anything in the incomplete, poor-prepared, inaccurate incident report that could possibly support Woods' claim.
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