Jojola v. APD (case settled before suit was filed).

On January 27, 2000, Manoa Jojola, a gifted high school senior, was killed when city police chased a car 90 miles an hour down the interstate. After leaving the interstate, the car ran a stoplight and T-boned Manoa's truck. The chase began without any evidence that the fleeing car's occupants had committed any crime. As part of our settlement agreement, the Albuquerque Police Department agreed to immediately investigate all future high speed chases and to allow Manoa's parents to participate in the creation of a police-training video to inform officers-in-training about the devastating effects of making a fatal and wrongful decision to engage in a high speed pursuit on busy Albuquerque streets without cause. Manoa's incredible parents are pursuing legislation to help prevent this from happening in the future.

Past successes cannot be an assurance of future success because each case must be decided on its own merits.