Estate of Man Killed by Police Settles Wrongful Death Case For $1 Million
Clackamas County will pay $1 million to the estate of a Gresham man who died during a confrontation with police to settle the wrongful death lawsuit the estate filed. According to the lawsuit Fouad Kaady smashed his car and was naked, burned, bleeding and unarmed when police confronted him. Officers used a stun gun on him at which point he got on top of the police car and police shot and killed him. Police claim the man was out of control and had caused three other hit and run accidents prior to their confrontation.
The family of the dead man claims the man had a fire start in his car causing him to hit three other cars and the reason he acted the way he did was that he had severe burn injuries, was in shock and the officers were asking him to do things that would hurt him even more. For example the police officers had ordered him to lie on hot pavement even though he was suffering from severe burns. This is a tragic case and illustrates how sometimes both sides of a confrontation don't see the same events through the same sets of eyes.
