Strange v. Spokane County

¶1 This appeal follows a defense verdict in a suit for excessive use of force by a police officer. The *588plaintiff was shocked with a stun gun by a Spokane County sheriff’s deputy following a run-in with the deputy that followed a traffic stop. The plaintiff was a passenger in the car. The assignments of error include challenges to the court’s various rulings on evidence and the refusal of the court to give certain proposed instructions on limitations on the use of force. But the most significant challenge here on appeal is to the court’s refusal to impose liability as a matter of law or…