Pa. settles lawsuit over boy’s shooting for $12.5M
November 7, 2008
Pennsylvania will pay $12.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the father of a 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot by troopers after he hopped out of a stolen vehicle.
A federal jury in Pittsburgh had awarded the boy’s father, Michael Hickenbottom, more than $28 million, including $24 million in punitive damages.
Police attorneys appealed, arguing the punitive damages were excessive. The case was settled late Wednesday, according to online court records. The state admits no wrongdoing.
The boy, Michael Ellerbe, was unarmed when he was shot during the chase on Christmas Eve 2002 in Uniontown, about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh. The jury didn’t believe two state troopers’ claims that only one of them shot Ellerbe — and then only because the officer believed his partner had been shot by Ellerbe.
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