http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/beating_case_goes_on Comments for "Beating case continues" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/beating_case_goes_on <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"> <p>Richard Wayne Barfield&#39;s 23-year-long <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/1014725.html">battle</a> for compensation from the state after he was badly beaten by a state trooper during a traffic stop will go on for at least another month.</p><p>Barfield&#39;s attorney, J. Michael Gay of Hillsborough, said today that Deputy Commissioner <a href="http://www.comp.state.nc.us/ncic/pages/depbios.htm#taylor">Wanda Taylor</a> of the <a href="http://www.comp.state.nc.us/">N.C. Industrial Commission</a> heard preliminary arguments in the case this morning, then gave Gay and the state <a href="http://www.ncdoj.com/">Attorney General&#39;s office</a> 30 days to submit legal briefs, reports Dan Kane.<br /> </p><p>Sometime after that, Taylor will decide whether to award up to $100,000 in compensatory damages to Barfield, dismiss the case as the state wants, or call for an evidentiary hearing.</p><p>Read more after the jump.</p> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-readmore"> <a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/beating_case_goes_on"><img src="http://projects.newsobserver.com/sites/8830.newsobserver-drupal-projects.apps.prod.nandomedia.com/themes/nao/images/dome_read_more.gif" width="74" height="23" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/beating_case_goes_on#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/beating_case_goes_on#comment Geary Blackwood J. Michael Gay N.C. Industrial Commission Richard Wayne Barfield State Highway Patrol Under the Dome Wanda Taylor Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:15:41 -0400 bkrueger 5832 at http://projects.newsobserver.com