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Updated: 3:38 PM Feb 12, 2012
NJ Man Who Shot Off-Duty Officer Must Pay $5.9M
An off-duty New Jersey county sheriff's
officer who was shot and seriously wounded when he tried to
intervene in a domestic dispute has won a $5.9 million civil
judgment against the gunman.
Posted: 3:37 PM Feb 12, 2012Reporter: Associated Press Email Address: news@kolotv.com |
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - An off-duty New Jersey county sheriff's officer who was shot and seriously wounded when he tried to intervene in a domestic dispute has won a $5.9 million civil judgment against the gunman.
A judge recently awarded the money to Joshua Hahn and his wife after Billy Heisler - who was convicted last month on attempted murder and weapons charges - failed to respond to the suit.
The 34-year-old Mercer County Sheriff's officer suffered two punctured lungs and a shattered vertebra when he tried to break up a fight between Heisler and his sister at a Hamilton Township pizzeria in July 2007. Hahn eventually had to retire on permanent disability.
Hahn was awarded $963,871 in lost wages; $1.5 million for pain and suffering and $2.5 million in punitive damages. Hahn's wife was awarded $1 million,
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Good luck with your efforts to collect on that. Chances ar egood that the gunman will be incarcerated, and that they could care less about this civil suit.
