Saturday, October 16, 2010
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled
WEST VIRGINIA....
Kanawha Circuit Judge Charles King approved a settlement this week awarding $812,500 to Derek, Kaley and Zac, the three children of 42 year old Gina Sigmond of Sissonville. Sigmond's estate filed a wrongful death suit filed against the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department in August 2009, a year and a half after she was killed in February 2008. The suit named the sheriff's department, Kanawha County Commission and Sheriff Mike Rutherford as defendants as well as three individual officers, Deputy A.J. Miller, Cpl. D.H. Duff and Lt. Sean Crosier. The suit alleged that a deputy's negligence led to the death of Gina Sigmond, 42, and family friend, 52 year old Steven Woodall. The settlement stated the court found Sigmond died of injuries inflicted by her husband, Edgar Sigmond Jr., who later shot himself.
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