Legal Opinion
Jones v. Town of East Haven
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 1, 2012No. Docket Nos. 10-4731-cv (L), 10-4894-cvPublishedCited by 955 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
Defendant, the Town of East Haven (hereinafter “Town”), appeals from the judgment after a jury trial of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Thompson, /.), awarding damages to Plaintiff under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the killing of her son by an East Haven police officer. The Town contends it was entitled to judgment as a matter of law under Rule 50 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because Plaintiffs evidence failed to satisfy the standard of Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), for…
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