Mountie involved in Dziekanski case launches lawsuit, claims RCMP negligence
NANAIMO, B.C. — A Mountie who responded the night Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski died at Vancouver’s airport has filed a lawsuit alleging RCMP negligence and harassment in the handling of his case.
Const. Gerry Rundel has filed a statement of claim in British Columbia Supreme Court naming the Attorney General of Canada and B.C.’s minister of justice as defendants.
The document alleges he was made a “scapegoat” after Dziekanski was repeatedly stunned with a Taser and died at the airport in October 2007.
“It was a direct and foreseeable consequence of the negligent conduct of the RCMP and members of the RCMP, either individually or in combination, that the plaintiff would sustain severe psychological and resultant physical damage,” says the 19-page document filed in a Nanaimo court.