Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri is shielded from a lawsuit involving allegations that a prisoner-transport van improperly lacked seatbelts, causing a man to be injured, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. Ronald Pownall filed the lawsuit against Gualtieri and G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc., a contractor that operated the van, after an incident stemming from a November 2016 arrest.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri is shielded from a lawsuit involving allegations that a prisoner-transport van improperly lacked seatbelts, causing a man to be injured, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. Ronald Pownall filed the lawsuit against Gualtieri and G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc., a contractor that operated the van, after an incident stemming from a November 2016 arrest.