Couple sues over Tasering during sobriety test

December 8, 2010 (MUNDELEIN, Ill.)

Steven and Jean Kotlinski filed a federal lawsuit against the village of Mundelein and two Mundelein police officers for the New Year's Day incident.

According to the suit, Jean Kotlinski had a blood-alcohol level of 0 percent, she was not charged.

The Kotlinskis claim officers used excessive and "unjustifiable violence," which was captured on video. Mundelein police were not commenting.

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