Jury considers suit from man hit by police Taser (CA)

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By Onell R. Soto
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
April 16, 2005

A union official whom a Chula Vista police officer shocked with a stun gun during a picket-line confrontation three years ago is asking a jury to award him up to $280,000 for pain and suffering.

Tracy Wert, 38, of Temecula, was with a group of union members on strike outside a Raytheon Technical Services Co. plant July 24, 2002, lawyers told jurors yesterday in San Diego federal court. <snip>

Off Duty Officers Inc., the company that provided the guards, settled the suit with Wert and three other union members for $70,000 last year but did not admit doing anything wrong. <snip>

Burton told jurors there is a long history of violence against union workers across the country and it's important for police officers such as Peak to be neutral and not side with the guards hired by employers. <snip>

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