Yesterday, State Attorney Bill Eddins announced that he would not pursue criminal charges against Pensacola Police Officer Jerald Ard for his role in the death of 17 year old Victor Steen last October. This determination followed Escambia County Judge John Simon’s decision Monday that Ard did not bear criminal responsibility for Victor’s death. The family’s attorneys plan to file a civil lawsuit against the City and Officer Ard now that the coroner’s inquest is complete. Since coroner’s inquests became mandatory in the 1990’s to investigate officer involved deaths, to date; no officer has ever faced criminal charges upon conclusion of the inquest.
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Steen’s Family to Seek Civil Suit against City and Officer Ard
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010Health Care Reform
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Effects of the Health Care Reform on end-of-life decisions:
Recently I have had a few clients concerned that the Health Care legislation being proposed may have the effect of giving end- of- life care decisions to the doctor while taking power away from the patient and their family. It seems there is a lot of talk in the media that may be fueling these fears. Understandably, the uncertainty of such a massive piece of legislation is scary because change is scary. Take comfort in the knowledge that there continue to be actions you can take to give yourself more control over your end-of-life care. (more…)
