Associated Press - December 9, 2009 11:05 AM ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Corrections Corporation of America is denying responsibility in the shooting of a Nashville police officer, allegedly by an escaped inmate.
Sgt. Mark Chesnut claims in a lawsuit the private prison company was negligent in Joseph Jackson Jr.'s escape from an offsite doctor's office while he was an inmate of CCA's Delta Correctional Facility in Greenwood, Miss.
Chesnut stopped a rental car carrying Jackson and his cousin - Courtney Logan of Louisville, Ky. - on June 25.
Chesnut was seated in his cruiser, checking the auto license and Logan's driver's license, when he was shot. He has since returned to light duty.
The Tennessean reports CCA's response to the suit claims, among other things, that what happened to Chesnut is part of the risk he runs as a policeman.
Information from: The Tennessean, http://www.tennessean.com
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