Taser International being sued for another death:

lvrj.com

Taser International was named in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court by the family of Dr. Ryan Rich, who died two years ago after a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper used the device to keep the combative, incoherent man from walking into traffic on Interstate 15 in Las Vegas.

The lawsuit, filed by Las Vegas attorney John Snow and two California attorneys on behalf of the family, alleges Taser International misstates the dangers posed by the weapon and “tricked” Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Loren Lazoff into thinking the device was safe. It was the first time Lazoff used his Taser in four years with Nevada Highway Patrol.

Lazoff deployed the Taser five times, he testified at the inquest held in April 2008, saying Rich was in “fight mode” and appeared to be impaired. A driver who assisted Lazoff on the freeway that day testified Rich appeared “dazed.” The driver also thought the doctor was impaired.

The driver was “dazed” because he was having a seizure before the tasing.