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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\"></p>           HUNTINGTON -- A Cabell County man is suing the City of Huntington and a police officer he claims shot him.<br /><br />On June 30, 2010, Justin Drew Kinder and Daniel Wiles were together in the downtown area of Huntington and at the time, Wiles was carrying a firearm, according to a complaint filed July 2 in Cabell Circuit Court.<br /><br />Kinder claims while they were together, Wiles' firearm accidentally discharged and he was shot in the shoulder.<br /><br />Wiles was negligent with respect to the carrying and handling of a firearm resulting in Kinder being shot, according to the suit.<br /><br />Kinder claims Huntington owes a duty to its citizens and visitors to ensure that its police officers are trained with respect to the carrying and handling of firearms, whether on or off duty.<br /><br />Huntington breached its duty to Kinder and was otherwise negligent with respect to the procedures, policies and training with respect to handling firearms by Wiles and/or other officers, according to the suit.<br /><br />Kinder claims the defendants knew or should have known of the risk associated with the carrying and handling of firearms by police officers while both on or off duty.<br /><br />As a result of the defendants' negligence, Kinder suffered severe and irreparable harm and injury, according to the suit.<br /><br />Kinder is seeking compensatory damages with pre- and post-judgment interest. He is being represented by Scott H. Kaminski.<br /><br />The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge F. Jane Hustead.<br /><br /><em>Cabell Circuit Court case number: 12-C-429</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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