Legal Opinion
George C. Hibma v. Richard T. Odegaard, James Nikodem, and Michael Paul Szula, and Sawyer County, Wisconsin, Intervening
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 30, 1985No. 84-1137, 84-1445PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRANT, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant, Hibma, appeals the trial court’s granting of intervening Defendant-Appellee’s, Sawyer County’s, motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the trial court’s denial of Hibma’s motions to increase the jury’s award of damages or, alternatively, for a new trial on the issue of damages, and the trial court’s award of attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. For the reasons stated below, this Court reverses the trial court’s order granting judgment notwithstanding the verdict and affirms the trial court’s decision in all other respects.
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