Legal Opinion
City of Indianapolis v. Ervin
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 1980No. 2-678A203PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUCHANAN, Chief Judge.
CASE SUMMARY
Defendant-appellant City of Indianapolis (City) appeals a $75,000 judgment in favor of Audrey Ervin, plaintiff-Administratrix of the Estate of Jewell Ervin (Ervin), who had been killed by Indianapolis police officers, the City claiming, inter alia, that the police officers only used reasonable and necessary force.
We affirm.
FACTS
The facts most favorable to the judgment reveal that in Indianapolis on the night of September 6, 1973, police Officer Armor stopped a vehicle matching the description he had received of a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run and property…
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