LMPD and Louisville Metro Government are not a part of the settlement due to "immunity issues," Connally said. Police records said McKinney had swung at the bouncer first before the security employee responded with the single punch to the head, knocking McKinney unconscious.Ĭlark sued the bouncer, Nowhere Bar, its general manager and owner, Louisville Metro Government, Louisville Metro Police Department, and three off-duty police officers who were working security at the bar during the altercation. The lawsuit filed last summer claimed McKinney was drunk and forgot his coat ticket before getting into an argument that led to his removal.Ī security officer "threw him out of the bar door" onto the patio, the suit claimed, and a bouncer then "struck Christopher hard in the head with a closed fist."
What led to the incident? Case file describes evidence and witnessesĪ bouncer had been escorting McKinney out of Nowhere Bar for "unruly behavior" when "a brief altercation ensued," police said following the incident. 5, 2020. He died hours later at a hospital due to blunt force injuries to his head, according to authorities. McKinney, 35, was found unresponsive at Nowhere Bar, 1133 Bardstown Road, in the early morning hours of Jan. Robert Rosing, who represented Nowhere Bar, told The Courier Journal he could not comment on the settlement. "We are still not giving up in our fight for justice so that something similar doesn't happen to someone's loved one down the road."Ĭlaims made in a lawsuit represent only one side of a case. "Nowhere Bar is making a public statement of apology to the community and to Nicholas and Christopher's family," Connally told The Courier Journal. McKinney's estate and widower, Nicholas Clark, will receive a monetary settlement, and Nowhere Bar will also issue a public apology as part of the settlement, according to attorney Georgia Connally, who represented Clark.Ĭonnally declined Wednesday to disclose the amount of money that was a part of the settlement. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The widower of Christopher McKinney, a Louisville man who died last year after an altercation with a bouncer at Nowhere Bar, has reached a settlement with the bar as part of a lawsuit over the deadly incident.
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