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Anderson, Easton v Attorney General
'IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA
CLAIM NO. C.L. A 126/1990
BETWEEN EASTON ANDERSON CLAIMANT
(By virtue of section 23 of the
Fatal Accidents Amendment
Act, he being father of the
deceased, Delroy Anderson
AND THEATTORNEYGENERAL DEFENDANT
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Norman Samuels for the Plaintiff.
Mr. Cochrane instructed by Director of State Proceedings for the Defendant.
Heard: lS' February and 3rd March 2005
Campbell, J. 1
The Plaintiff claims, as a near relative of the deceased, that on the 8Ih I
day of May 1990, the deceased was the inember of a police party that went 1
c; in search of a suspected felon, Joseph Adams, and in a failed attempt to I
apprehend the felon, one of .the deceased colleagues shot and killed him. ~
The Plaintiff filed his Writ of Summons 1 oth May 1990 and the I
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Statement of Claim on 1 1 Ih November 199 1.
The Defendant entered appearance on the 4th September 1990 and on
the 3oth December 1991, filed a Consent to File Defence out of Time and 1
their Defence, which alleged at para 3. I