Legal Opinion
Tinch v. City of Dayton
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided April 30, 2002No. C-3-89-263PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ENTRY QUANTIFYING AWARD OF ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS; PLAINTIFFS AWARDED ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS IN THE SUM OF $118,946.24; JUDGMENT TO ENTER ACCORDINGLY
RICE, Chief Judge.
This litigation arose out of an incident which took the fife of Scott Tinch, who was shot and killed by Michael Sipes, an officer in the Dayton Police Department. Nearly two years after that incident, Tonya Tinch, the widow of Scott Tinch, initiated this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 1 After lengthy pretrial proceedings, this litigation proceeded to trial. The jury returned answers to interrogatories, which…
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