Legal Opinion
Boesing v. Spiess
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 29, 2008No. 07-2499PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Craig Boesing, a Missouri prisoner, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action against, Lieutenant Joe Spiess and other St. Louis police officers for using excessive force during Boesing’s arrest. At trial, a jury found Spiess liable for Boesing’s injuries and awarded him $5,000 in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages. The district court 1 denied Spiess’s motion for a new trial and awarded $37,500 in attorney’s fees. The court also ordered that $250 of Boesing’s judgment be applied to satisfy the attorney’s fee award. Spiess brings this appeal.…
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