Legal Opinion
Montgomery v. County of Clinton, Mich.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided July 30, 1990No. L89-50002 CAPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.
This case presents a four-count complaint growing out of plaintiffs’ decedent’s death. The decedent Sannie Montgomery was killed when, in the course of fleeing two pursuing police vehicles, he lost control of the automobile he was driving and it left the roadway and crashed. The third amended complaint alleges in count I under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that defendant Deputy Sheriffs Stephen Coughlin and Mark Finni-la subjected the decedent to an unreasonable seizure of his person in violation of the Fourth Amendment and deprived him of life…
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