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05/21/2009
A FARIBAULT COUNTY FAMILY HAS FILED A PERSONAL INJURY LAWSUIT IN A CASE OF AN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE LAST JULY. COLLIN JACOBSEN OF BRICELYN , WHO WAS 15 AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE LEFT EYE WHILE WITH A FRIEND AT HIS FRIENDS GRANDFATHERS HOME IN RURAL BRICELYN.THE SHERIFF'S REPORT RULED THE SHOOTING AN ACCIDENT AND THAT THE GUN WENT OFF WHILE BEING HANDLED BY COLLIN JACOBSEN. THE COMPLAINT FILED IN FARIBAULT COUNTY DISTRICT COURT ALLEGED THAT THE FRIEND DANIEL STALLKAMP HAD A CRIMINAL RECORD INCLUDING CARRYING AND POSSESION OF A PISTOL WITHOUT A PERMIT IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND POSSESION OF DANGEROUS WEAPONS AND HE WAS ON PROBATION AT THE TME OF THE INCIDENT. THE COMPLAINT ALSO STATES THAT DANIEL'S GRANDFATHER EUGENE STALLKAMP KNEW OF HIS GRANDSON'S HISTORY BUT KEPT A LOADED,UNGUARDED,UNLOCKED HANDGUN IN HIS HOME. THE JACOBSEN'S SEEK RESTITUTION DAMAGES OF 50,000 DOLLLARS PLUS 377,476 DOLLARS IN MEDICAL EXPENSES,FUTURE MEDICAL BILLS AND ATTORNEY FEES.THE STALLKAMPS RETAINED SEPARATE LAWYERS AND DENIED THE CLAIMS IN THE COMPLAINT. THEY ASKED FOR DISMISSAL OF THE SUIT AND FOR THE JUDGE TO ORDER THE JACOBSEN'S TO PAY THEIR ATTORNEY FEES.
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ROD HALVORSEN
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