Legal Opinion
Capello v. Maresca
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 22, 1995No. 3:91CV560 (RNC)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENDORSEMENT RULING
CHATIGNY, District Judge.
Defendants’ Rule 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law [doc. #40-1] is denied. The evidence, viewed in a light most favorable to the plaintiff, adequately supports the jury’s verdict. The plaintiff and his supporting eyewitness testified that, although the 50 year old plaintiff did not resist arrest, the defendants subjected him to a violent take down, slamming him to the concrete dock face-first. One of the defendants then kneed him in the back while handcuffing him, causing him to writhe in pain and cry for help. After handcuffing him, the…
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