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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\"></p>           CHARLESTON -- A Charleston woman is suing the city after she was injured in a car accident.<br /><br />Steve Cooper, a Charleston police officer, was also named as a defendant in the suit.<br /><br />On July 16, 2010, Cynthia Marie Ellis was operating her motor vehicle in a safe and lawful manner when Cooper negligently rear-ended her and caused her to crash into the vehicle in front of her, according to a complaint filed July 3 in Kanawha Circuit Court.<br /><br />Ellis claims the vehicle Cooper was operating was a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria police cruiser owned by the City of Charleston and which he was operating in his capacity as a police officer for the City of Charleston.<br /><br />The defendants caused Ellis damages to the extent that the vehicle had to be towed from the scene of the collision, according to the suit.<br /><br />Ellis claims due to the defendants' negligence, she had to be transported by ambulance to Charleston Area Medical Center with a spinal immobilization device and suffered serious and permanent painful physical injuries and debilitating psychological injuries.<br /><br />As a result of the defendants' negligence, Ellis has suffered a loss of enjoyment of life and a diminished earning capacity, according to the suit.<br /><br />Ellis is seeking compensatory damages. She is being represented by Edward ReBrook III.<br /><br />The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge Paul Zakaib Jr.<br /><br /><em>Kanawha Circuit Court case number: 12-C-1226</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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