Girl Awarded $1.1 Million For Tribal Officer’s Actions In Crash That Killed Family

Mealey's (May 21, 2019, 3:58 PM EDT) -- PRESCOTT, Ariz. — The United States must pay a Japanese teenager $1.1 million for the negligence of a tribal police officer whose continued pursuit of a drunken driver caused a head-on crash that killed her parents and brother, an Arizona federal judge ruled May 17 after a bench trial (Kaori Stearney v. United States, No. 16-08060, D. Ariz., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83445)....