Winder Police facing lawsuit

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Monday, September 6. 2010
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The Winder Police Department, the City of Winder and Ofc. Chris Stapleton have been named as defendants in a lawsuit filed last week in Barrow County Superior Court.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Jackson County resident Ken Parks, stems from an April 2009 vehicle accident in Barrow County.

According to court documents filed Aug. 24, Ofc. Stapleton was southbound on Loganville Highway near Township Road when he made a left hand u-turn in front of Parks’ vehicle which resulted in a collision.

Parks was injured in the accident and, as a result, is facing medical bills, related expenses and “lost wages, past, present and future pain and suffering, mental and emotional anguish and other damages.”

Parks’ attorneys, Perry Ellis and Henry De Give, allege that WPD and Ofc. Stapleton are directly responsible. They accuse Stapleton of being careless in failing to maintain his 2009 Ford Taurus under proper control, failing to maintain his lane of travel and in making an improper u-turn.

“Such negligence was the proximate cause of financial and personal injuries which plaintiff suffered,” the lawsuit claims.

Parks estimates his financial loss at $27,209 which includes medical expenses and 27 weeks of lost wages.

He is seeking damages, court costs and “such other and future relief” as the court deems proper.

Attorneys for Parks have filed requests for production of documents related to the incident and first interrogatories. No court date has been set.
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#1 Anonymous on 09/06/10 at 07:52 PM [Reply]
Isn't Perry Ellis one of those TV commercial advertising attorneys?
#2 settlement on 09/06/10 at 10:21 PM [Reply]
This won't make it past the insurance company. There will be a settlement and it's over.

But isn't this the same guy who violated the juveniles and Asain womans rights? What gives there WPD, he must be some kind of officer to be worth all of this.
#2.1 gatorfan on 09/07/10 at 09:49 PM [Reply]
Yes, he's quite awesome.
#3 MoneyMaking on 09/07/10 at 10:36 AM [Reply]
Craziness!! Everybody wants to make some money and this one was easy money. I guarantee the first thing this guy did was to complain of back pain. Not saying that the officer was right, it seems as an obvious mistake, but he is an officer. There are so many accidents in a daily basis and of course this one makes headlines. It’s seems like Winder is the place to go to make some lawsuit money.
#4 CrazyLawSuit on 09/08/10 at 11:12 AM [Reply]
First off....Perry Ellis!!! So, I guess those 27 weeks you "lost wages" you were watching T.V. and saw that Perry Ellis could get you $200,000+???? Really??!!??!! I totally agree that WPD should be responsible for the medical bills and car bills. But "lost wages, past, present and future pain and suffering, mental and emotional anguish and other damages" - REALLY!!!???!!! Come on!!!!
#5 Anonymous on 09/08/10 at 01:48 PM [Reply]
Let's see - crazy and money both take this guy to task because he was injured by a cop who doesn't know how to drive - and wants to be compensated - rather modestly it seems to me - for his injuries and the fact that he missed six months work. Given that he is only asking 25K, doesn't seem like he's trying to stick it to anyone. Maybe they ought to teach our law enforcement cowboys how to drive.
#6 WBDOGG on 09/08/10 at 03:20 PM [Reply]
He is a regular Doc Holiday Cowboy
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