Woman Awarded $1.2M in New Mexico Stolen Car Crash

May 22, 2018

A Santa Fe County, N.M. jury has awarded an 80-year-old woman more than $1.2 million after she was injured in a crash involving a stolen car chased by Santa Fe police.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the jury decided that Arlena Jackson was entitled to damages following the April 2016 crash.

Jackson filed a lawsuit against the Santa Fe Police Department, the city of Santa Fe and a local Toyota dealership where police say 30-year-old Jeremy Chavez had stolen the vehicle.

Jackson’s lawsuit argued that police acted negligently when they chased Chavez.

The lawsuit says the crash left her with eight fractured ribs, a fractured pelvis, bleeding in the lungs and other injuries.

Attorney Scott Hatcher, who represented the city of Santa Fe, says police were only doing their jobs.

Topics Auto Fraud Personal Auto Law Enforcement Mexico

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  • May 22, 2018 at 3:35 pm
    mrbob says:
    It is really sad the we have reached the point that police officers attempting to apprehend a felon end up being sued like this. And then you know the attorney is scum when h... read more

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