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.
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