Legal Opinion
Angela Figueroa-Torres v. Pedro Toledo-Davila, Julio Peréz-Tirado
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 21, 2000No. 99-2150PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a jury verdict in a civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1986, and 1988, against six police officers of the Puerto Rico Police Department for the death of Néstor Rivera-Figueroa. The appeal is brought by the only police officer found liable, Sergeant Julio Pérez-Tirado (hereinafter sometimes “defendant”). Suit was brought by the mother, and siblings of Néstor Rivera-Figueroa on their own behalf and on behalf of the son and daughters of the decedent. The jury awarded the son $15,000, and the youngest of three daughters (two…
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