MOBERLY, Mo. (AP) - Attorneys say a northeast Missouri city has agreed to pay $2.4 million to survivors of a man who died after police fired a Taser at him numerous times.
Lawyers for the family of Stanley Harlan, 23, say the settlement with the city of Moberly was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis.
The agreement includes an indefinite moratorium on the use of Tasers by Moberly police officers.
Harlan died in August 2008 after being pulled over by a Moberly police officer who suspected him of drunken driving.
The lawsuit said other Moberly officers arrived and Harlan got into brief verbal exchanges after getting out of his vehicle.
He was stunned multiple times with a Taser and lost consciousness.
The lawsuit said Harlan died a short time later.
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