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November 28, 2005

Plaintiffs rest case in Young civil suit

PROVIDENCE - The plaintiffs rested their case in the Cornel Young Jr. trial today with an estimate of the police sergeant's earnings if he had continued to live.

Young would have been expected to net from $1.22 million to $1.35 million over his career, after subtracting his personal expenses, Brown University economist Allan Feldman testified in U.S. District Court.

Young was mistakenly shot and killed by two fellow officers in 2000, and his mother, Leisa Young, is suing the City of Providence, claiming that it violated her son's civil rights by inadequately training one of the officers who shot him.
The city is scheduled to begin its case today.

-- Journal staff writer Gregory Smith

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