Pubdate: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 Source: Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) Copyright: 2009 The Press Democrat Contact: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/348 Author: Glenda Anderson Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California) HOME-INVASION DEATH SUIT SETTLED A federal civil lawsuit filed against a Clearlake homeowner who shot and killed two home invaders in 2005 has been settled, his insurance company reported. The amount and details of the settlement are confidential, said Liz Christopher, a spokeswoman for Allied Insurance. The wrongful-death lawsuit was filed by the parents of Rashad Williams and Christian Foster, who were shot and killed as they fled the home of Shannon Edmonds and Lori Tyler. The incident ignited controversy and drew national media attention when the dead men's friend, Renato Hughes of San Francisco, was charged with murder for their deaths. Hughes subsequently was convicted of a lesser charge of participating in the home invasion robbery, which left Tyler's teenage son permanently disabled. The parents of Williams and Foster filed a civil lawsuit, claiming Edmonds, who had a prescription for medical marijuana, was selling pot and other drugs from his home. They claimed the young men, both 24, were at the house, ostensibly to buy marijuana, when a fight broke out. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom