
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — An Arkansas State trooper who is being sued by a North Little Rock woman is denying any wrongdoing, a state lawyer said.
Nicole Harper is suing Officer Rodney Dunn for using a PIT maneuver and causing her car to flip on Highway 67/167 in July 2020. Harper was pregnant at the time of the crash.
Lawyers for Officer Dunn said that the trooper's actions during the incident "were based upon probable cause and reasonable cause, were those of an objectively reasonable officer, and were in accordance with the U.S. Constitution and state law."
In the complaint, Harper claims she could not safely pull over her car due to concrete barriers and a reduced shoulder so she put her hazard lights on. In just over two minutes, she said Trooper Dunn used the PIT maneuver on her vehicle.
Harper said she filed the lawsuit hoping to prevent this from ever happening to anyone else.