Date: 11-15-2001

Case Style: Nancy Knight, Personal Representative of the Estate of Andrew James Ridgeway, et al. v. Tim C. McDaniel, et al.

Case Number: 00-CV-106

Judge: Sven Erik Holmes

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Plaintiff's Attorney: Clark Otto Brewster, Guy A. Fortney, Michael Barkett, and Cassie M. Brewster of Brewster & De Angelis, P.L.L.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma

Defendant's Attorney: James W Connor, Jr., Rachel C. Mathis, and Thomas D. Hird of Richards & Connors, Tulsa, Oklahoma for McDaniel.

John Howard Lieber of Eller & Detrich, Tulsa, Oklahoma for Tracey R. Powell

John A. Gladd, William F. "Bill" Smith and Gail Harris of Gladd, Smith & Harris and Stephen L. Oakley of Seigel & Oakley, Tulsa, Oklahoma for the City of Jenks

Scott B. Wood and Elizabeth A. Hart of of Mills, McGuire, Terry & Roselius, Tulsa, Oklahoma for the City of Bixby.

Jerry Alan Richardson, John E. Priddy and Matthew P. Cyran of Rosenstein, Fist & Ringold, Tulsa, Oklahoma for Independent School District No. 5, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Description: Civil Rights - 42 U.S.C. 1983 - Plaintiff claimed that defendants used excessive force when they shot and killed Andrew James Ridgeway, age 17, on August 14, 1999. Mr. Ridgeway was a passenger in a pickup that had been chased at high speed by the Jenks Police Department. The chased ended at 181st Street and Harvard Avenue in far south Tulsa County after Officers Tim McDaniel and Tracy Powell were involved in a head-on collision with the truck. McDaniel claimed that the driver of the truck, 18-year-old Dusty Ray Cagle, accelerated toward him. Both officers fired at the truck, killing Ridgeway and Cagle.

Outcome: Settled for an undisclosed sum.

Plaintiff's Experts: Geoffrey Alpert - Police Policies & Procedures and High Speed Pursuits and Richard Ernest, Ballistics Expert

Defendant's Experts: Larry Owen, Accident Reconstructionist, Martin Fackler, Ballistics Expert, and Glen McEntire, Police Procedures & Policies

Comments: Reported by Kent Morlan