Wal-mart should have assumed he was on crystal meth. It's common!
If you can't handle the drugs, other people will handle them for you. Self-defense trumps the rights of a belligerent criminal caught in the act.
Yeah, "unspecified," but since since the lawyer is seeing deep pockets and dollar signs, it'll be in the millions ...
When he tried to boost..
'Til they chased him down
Got him on the ground
Now he's gone for good
To the Master's hood
Now he'll have ta answer
For what he stuck down his pants'a
What a way to go
For that boostin' bro'
methamphetamine toxicity and hyperthermia were cited as secondary causes
---No great loss. Obviously a loser who thinks the world owed him free stuff while the rest of us have to pay for what we want. As for the father suing, maybe he should have taught his son that he must work for what he wants and not use drugs.
The guy was a Meth addict so I figure a net income (legitimate) to the wife and kids of about 25 cents a year.
Then figure the life maximum span of a Meth addict of around 55 years.
So pay the plaintiff $6.25.
From the facts as presented, it sounds like he'll win the wrongful death suit. I'm not sure how there would be a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress, since the man's dead, but his wife will get at least 30 years worth of whatever a carpenter in that area makes, maybe times three.
What I don't get is the alleged theft they stopped him for. I've never seen a Wal-Mart gift card, but if they're like any modern gift card I've ever seen the value has to be added at the register at the time of purchase. You can steal all you want but they're not worth anything - especially not a random number like $94 - until you pay the cashier and she swipes the card to add the value.
"suffocated to death"
"claiming the employees ignored his cries of pain and pleas for relief"
I don't know the whole story but these two parts are not consistent.