Cousins v. Oronson, No. 1:2015cv01505 - Document 51 (E.D. Va. 2017)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION re: Deft's Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by District Judge Claude M. Hilton on 01/10/17. (pmil, )

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Cousins v. Oronson Doc. 51 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division RONNIE MATTHEW COUSINS, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-01505 V. JUSTIN R. ARONSON, Defendant. M«M"orandnm Opinion THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. On July 12, 2012, Justin R. Aronson ("Defendant"), who was then a sergeant with the Chesterfield County Police Department, was dispatched to the scene of a hit and run accident. At the scene. Defendant found an injured woman named Tenisha Towns ("Towns"), who reported that her black, male friend had crashed into a guardrail and then left her on the side of the road after the crash while he fled north in the car. While Defendant spoke with Towns, he observed that her cell phone was ringing continuously. Towns identified the caller as her male friend who had just been driving the vehicle that had crashed into the guardrail. She allowed Defendant to answer one Dockets.Justia.com

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