The mother of an 8-year-old White Pine girl killed last year by a shotgun blast to the chest filed a $10 million lawsuit Monday against the parents of the 11-year-old boy who pulled the trigger.
An attorney for Latasha Dyer filed the lawsuit in Jefferson County Circuit Court. The lawsuit seeks $5 million in medical and funeral expenses, the value of Makayla Dyer's life, loss of companionship "and for pain and suffering and all other reasonable compensatory damages," records show.
The legal action was filed by Dandridge attorney P. Richard Talley against Jason and Mary Ann Tiller, whose son Benjamin Tiller was ultimately found delinquent by reason of first-degree murder in the Oct. 3, 2015, killing. The boy has been ordered to remain in state custody until age 19.
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