The family of a Hope teen, killed in a motorcycle crash on Aug. 29th at the end of a police chase, is announcing that they intend to sue the Nashville Police Department.
The McCain Law Offices announced that it has filed a tort claim notice, or an intention to sue, the town of Nashville over the police chase that started north of Columbus on U.S. 31 and ended with the death of 18-year-old Xavier Scrogham on the east side of Bartholomew County. Nashville Reserve Officer Leonard Burch is under criminal investigation by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department for the chase.
The Nashville police say that Burch did not have permission to take the police car that night and that he did not have police powers while he was off duty. Burch has since resigned his reserve position with the department.
According to the tort claim notice, Scrogham’s parents intend to sue Nashville for negligence, negligent entrustment, negligent hiring, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and/or wrongful death. The tort claim notice also asks that the car Burch was driving be impounded for future forensic analysis.