Peaches v. City of Evansville

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Ann Peaches (Peaches) appeals a negative judgment in favor of defendants-appellees City of Evansville (City) and John Zirkelbach (Zirkelbach).

We affirm.

Peaches brought an action in three counts for the wrongful death of her son, Walter Peaches, Jr. (Walter) alleging, inter alia, negligent hiring of Zirkelbach by the City, negligence on the part of Zirkelbach in the shooting death of Walter, and deprivation of Walter’s civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Walter was fatally shot by Zirkel-bach, a police officer for the City, when attempting to flee from the…