Legal Opinion
Estate of Zachary Snyder v. Steven Julian
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 18, 2015No. 13-3012PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Zachary Snyder was shot and killed by Steven Julian, a parole officer in Missouri, when Julian was arresting Snyder for violating terms of his parole. Snyder’s estate and his four minor children, through Amanda Pryor, their next friend, sued Julian under Missouri’s wrongful death statute and under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
A jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs on the wrongful death claim, awarding $1 million in damages, but in favor of Julian on the § 1983 claim. The district court 1 denied Julian’s post-trial motion for relief, and Julian appeals the judgment.…
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