Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Community Ins. Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 27, 2012No. 10-1654PublishedCited by 195 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Tamara Phillips contends that police officers used excessive force in arresting her when they shot her four times in the leg with an SL6 baton launcher after she disregarded their orders to come out of her car. Phillips’s case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in the officers’ favor. Phillips appeals, contending that *517the district court erroneously denied her post-verdict motion for judgment as a matter of law. Because we find that the officers used excessive force and are not entitled to qualified immunity, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
The facts in this case are…
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