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HOWARD v. HARRIS

Record No. 1499-22-2.

897 S.E.2d 742 (2024)

80 Va. App. 365

Dennis Christopher HOWARD v. Sheriff Roger L. HARRIS, et al.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

March 5, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley T. Davis , Richmond ( Christopher J. Toepp ; Allen Allen Allen & Allen, P.C., Fredericksburg, on briefs), for appellant.

John P. O'Herron ( William D. Prince IV ; John P. O'Malley , Richmond; ThompsonMcMullan, P.C., on brief), for appellees.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Lee A. Floyd; Breit Biniazan, P.C., on brief), for appellant.

Amicus Curiae: Commonwealth of Virginia; Graham K. Bryant, Deputy Solicitor General (Jason S. Miyares, Attorney General; Andrew N. Ferguson, Solicitor General; Erika L. Maley, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, on brief), for appellees.

Amicus Curiae: Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, Inc. (Annie Kim; Jim Guynn; Guynn, Waddell, Carroll and Lockaby, P.C., Salem, on brief), for appellees.

Present: Judges O'Brien, Fulton and Callins Argued at Richmond, Virginia.

While detained in the backseat of a law enforcement vehicle, Dennis Christopher Howard jumped his handcuffs, obtained a loaded handgun from the front seat of this vehicle, and shot himself in the head. Surviving this suicide attempt, Howard sued Spotsylvania County Sheriff Roger L. Harris and Deputy David Setlock...

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