PITTSBURGH -- A Pittsburgh man and a state trooper who was accused of roughing him up and breaking his ankle outside a South Side bar have settled the man's civil rights lawsuit.
Christopher Strothers, 28, claims Trooper Samuel Nassan assaulted him outside Rumshakers on East Carson Street in July 2008.
Strothers claims city police were breaking up a fight between him and a woman when Nassan intervened, handcuffed him and threw him down.
Strothers' lawyer says settlement terms reached last week are confidential.
Nassan fatally shot Michael Ellerbe, an unarmed 12-year-old boy, in Uniontown in 2002. That lawsuit was settled for $12.5 million. No criminal charges were filed against Nassan.
Nassan is also being sued by the family of Nicholas Haniotakis, of Pittsburgh's South Side Slopes, who was shot to death during a drunken driving patrol and a car chase on the South Side over the St. Patrick's Day weekend.
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