Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Convicted Diplomat Invokes Immunity > WASHINGTON (AP) -- A diplomat who pleaded guilty to > involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Maryland > teen-ager killed in a car wreck is claiming diplomatic > immunity in a civil lawsuit filed by the teen's family, > an attorney said Friday. > > Gueorgui Makharadze, of the former Soviet republic of > Georgia, has invoked diplomatic immunity in a motion to > dismiss a wrongful-death civil lawsuit by the family of > Joviane Waltrick, said George Doumar, an attorney for > Waltrick's family. > > Waltrick, 16, of Kensington, Md., was killed in January > 1997 in a five-car pileup near Embassy Row. Makharadze > pleaded guilty last October to one count of involuntary > manslaughter and four counts of aggravated assault. > Police said he had been speeding and was suspected of > being drunk. He was sentenced in December to seven to > 21 years in prison. > > Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze waived > Makharadze's diplomatic immunity to allow prosecution > in the criminal case. > > Waltrick's family is seeking $15 million in damages in > the civil case. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
