![]() ![]() The Florida Highway Patrol also agrees as part of the settlement to amend its emergency response and pursuit policy “to provide training, guidance and standards related to the use of due care by the member when initiating a pursuit involving a subject fleeing on foot,” according to the settlement agreement.Ĭhanfrau provided a copy of the agreement and the change in the policy, which adds the definition of “Pedestrian – any person afoot.” The state has paid $500,000 to Jack Kuehn to settle the wrongful death claim. Here are the terms, according to the agreement: The settlement agreement is between Jack Kuehn, representing the estate, and the Florida Highway Patrol, former Trooper Joseph and the State of Florida. Last fall, the two sides settled and the terms were released this week. The lawsuit was subsequently moved to federal court in Orlando.Ī federal judge last summer dismissed Nunez from liability, finding that he could not have prevented his fellow trooper from striking the woman. ![]() In 2019, Amy Kuehn’s grandfather, Jack Kuehn, filed the wrongful death lawsuit in circuit court against the FHP and the two troopers, who had since left the agency. She died nine days later on July 24, 2017, at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Then Amy Kuehn slipped and the 4,312-pound patrol car ran over her.Īmy Kuehn suffered massive injuries. The young woman sprinted across the grass.Īs she ran, Joseph drove his Dodge Charger off Lake Charles Road, across the lawn, across a driveway and then across more grass. As he came to a stop, Amy Kuehn leaped out of the convertible. Trooper Cameron Joseph, Nunez's backup, followed in his black and tan Dodge Charger.Īmy's father, Aaron Kuehn, turned onto Lake Charles Road and slowed the Mustang. That’s when FHP Trooper Andrew Nunez’s radar clocked the Mustang going 71 mph in a 45 mph zone on North Kepler Road, according to records. Nunez switched on his blue lights. on July 15, 2017, as they headed home after a night of celebrating her return. She was sitting in the passenger seat of her father’s Mustang convertible about 1 a.m. She also planned to continue studying American Sign Language at Daytona State College to work with the deaf.Ī fatal traffic stop: Florida Highway Patrol sued in woman's deathĪ deadly encounter: DeLand settles with family of man run down by ex-police officer She was going to start working as a server at a Waffle House. The crash ended the young woman's plans for a new life in Volusia County. Amy Kuehn had arrived from Texas and was moving in with her father in DeLand until she could get her own place. "In addition, as of this week, FHP has completed changes to the FHP Training Academy curriculum related to vehicle pursuits, per the settlement agreement." Bergstresser, FHP chief of public affairs. "FHP is moving forward with the proposed policy change contained within the settlement agreement and is in the final steps of the formal policy change process," said Capt. “That was, first and foremost, the most important part of this settlement that was really non-negotiable, because the family wanted justice for their daughter and granddaughter, as well as real change that would protect citizens of the state from something like this ever happening again.” “As part of the policy, more than 1,900 sworn officers and 100 to 150 recruits in the academy yearly will receive the training in the coming years,” Chanfrau said in the interview. The pursuit policy will also include a new passage instructing troopers to be cautious when using their vehicles to pursue fleeing pedestrians and to avoid getting in a situation where the vehicle might strike the pedestrian. The change in the pursuit policy would add the word "pedestrian" and its definition, according to a copy provided by Chanfrau. ![]() “The family wanted justice for her and wanted real change and they’ve gotten it and her name will be remembered,” Chanfrau said. Using Kuehn's name in training was a mandatory point of the settlement for the woman's family, said their attorney Kelly Chanfrau, of Chanfrau & Chanfrau in Daytona Beach, in a phone interview. “FHP specifically confirms that Amy Kuehn’s name will be mentioned in writing as part of the training,” according to a copy of the settlement agreement provided by FHP Lt. The FHP also agreed to change its pursuit policy at least through 2024 when it involves a person fleeing on foot from a trooper, the settlement agreement stated.Īnd the agency has agreed to include the 22-year-old woman's name during training with troopers. The Florida Highway Patrol has agreed to pay a $500,000 settlement in the death of a woman who was run down by an FHP patrol car in 2017 near DeLand as she fled on foot from a traffic stop. The woman had not committed a crime and was a passenger in her father's car, according to records.
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