Morningstar v. City of Detroit

OPINION AND ORDER

PATRICK J. DUGGAN, District Judge.

This lawsuit arises out of the prosecution of Jay Harrison Morningstar (“Plain tiff’), a Michigan State Police Trooper, for a fatal, on-duty shooting, which took place on April 14, 2005. In January 2009 the case went trial and the jury returned a verdict totaling $500,000 in Plaintiffs favor on his claim of malicious prosecution against Detroit Police Officer Tyrine Wheatley (“Defendant”). Presently before the Court is Defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, or in the alternative, for a new trial. Pursuant to Eastern District of…