Legal Opinion
Larry Ford v. David Childers, Roger Jones and City of Taylorville, Illinois, Defendants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 22, 1988No. 87-1090PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Larry Ford appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for a new trial following the court’s grant of a directed verdict in favor of the defendants at the close of plaintiff’s case in chief. The suit, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleged that the plaintiff’s Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when the defendant police officer shot Ford as he was fleeing from the scene of an armed bank robbery. The plaintiff’s lawsuit also contended that the defendant police department and municipality are liable since their policies and training…
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