TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 4, 2022

The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision to strip Knoxville Police Officer Dylan Williams of immunity in a wrongful death lawsuit, Tennessee Lookout reports. The decision came in a case brought against Williams after he shot Channara Tom “Philly” Pheap in August 2019 in the parking lot of a Knoxville apartment complex. Williams argued that Pheap grabbed his taser and fired it at him. Eye witnesses said Pheap was running away when he was shot. The court said that because Pheap was unarmed and shot in the back, the situation justified removal of immunity protection.