Legal Opinion
Estate of Johnson ex rel. Castle v. Village of Libertyville
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 18, 1987No. 86-1851PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GRANT, Senior District Judge.
Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Charles and Vivian Castle brought suit against the Village of Libertyville and one of its police officers, Sandra J. Pierce, to recover damages related to the death of their daughter Kathleen. The district court granted the defendants’ Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure of the complaint to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The Castles now appeal.
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In October 1983, Kathleen Johnson, daughter of the Castles, died after her car collided with a car driven by officer Pierce. Kathleen had been married to her husband,…
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