The 95-year-old great-grandmother, who had dementia, was Tasered and fell, hitting her head on the ground.
She spent a week in hospital after sustaining critical injuries, including a fractured skull, before she died.
The proceedings were launched while Nowland was still receiving end-of-life care in hospital, the family's lawyer has said. She was repeatedly asked to drop the serrated knife she was holding before she was tasered, but said "no" or did not respond, court documents said.
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