Family of Montreal man killed by police reach agreement with city in civil lawsuit
Posted May 11, 2022 3:12 pm.
The family of Pierre Coriolan and the City of Montreal have reached an agreement in a civil lawsuit filed by his two sisters, after he was fatally shot by police during an intervention in the summer of 2017.
Details of the settlement were not disclosed.
Coriolan’s family was seeking $160,000 in moral and punitive damages.
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“The two sisters of Mr. Coriolan were suing the City of Montreal for the death of their brother,” said the Coriolan family’s lawyer, Virginie Dufresne-Lemire, in a statement. “The trial was to be held at the Montreal courthouse starting May 12. Given the agreement reached, the trial will not take place.
“The two women are satisfied with the agreement and will not comment on the case.”
Coriolan, 58, was shot three times by police June 27, 2017 after officers responded to a call about a man smashing things inside his apartment. The intervention lasts just over five minutes.
Part of the intervention was filmed by a witness.
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A pathologist ruled Coriolan died of abdominal trauma from a gunshot, and a toxicology report found high traces of cocaine in his system.
In February, a Quebec coroner found Coriolan’s death highlighted a lack of training for officers dealing with people in crisis with mental illnesses.
