A lawsuit has been settled against a state trooper found liable for killing a 12-year-old in 2002 and facing another suit in a second shooting death, but the terms are secret.

Christopher Strothers of Penn Hills sued Trooper Samuel Nassan last year in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, saying the trooper threw him to the ground at a South Side bar and broke his ankle.

The suit, later transferred to federal court at the request of the defendant's lawyer, claimed Trooper Nassan violated Mr. Strothers' civil rights outside Rumshaker's Bar on July 6, 2008.

Mr. Strothers initially sued the state police as well as the trooper, saying the agency allowed Trooper Nassan to remain on the force despite what he described as a history of violence and excessive force.

Trooper Nassan shot Michael Ellerbe, 12, in the back on Dec. 24, 2002, after a chase in Uniontown. The state agreed to pay a $12.5 million settlement in that case.

The complaint also cited another suit in which a flight attendant said Trooper Nassan gave him an illegal citation after the trooper said the attendant gave him the middle finger in traffic in Robinson. That case was settled for $7,500.

Since then, Trooper Nassan has been sued again by the family of Nicholas Haniotakis, whom the trooper is accused of shooting after the St. Patrick's Day party on the South Side in March.

After Mr. Strothers' case was transferred to federal court, the parties worked out an agreement, and last week Judge Nora Barry Fischer signed a dismissal order. George Kontos, Mr. Strothers' lawyer, said the specifics are subject to a confidentiality agreement and he couldn't comment.

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