Councilman's Mother Files Worngful Death Claim

In Vallejo, California, a mother had filed a $16 million wrongful death claim against two men who killed her son.  The plaintiff, Teresa Courtmanche, is the mother of slain Fairfield Councilman Matt Garcia.

On Wednesday, Courtmanche filed her lawsuit in the Solano County Superior Court on what would have been her son's 24^th birthday.  On September 1, 2008, Garcia was shot and killed.  In her lawsuit, Courtmanche lists Henry Don Williams (convicted o first-degree murder) and Gene Allen Combs (convicted of second-degree murder) as the defendants. 

Courtmanche also listed Nicole Stewart, the getaway driver, as a defendant.  Stewart was never charged by police as she agreed to testify against Williams and Combs.

Prosecutors say that Garcia was shot in the head by Williams outside of a friend's home.  Williams and Combs had mistook Garcia for a drug dealer that had owed them money. 

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