Legal Opinion
Andrews v. Neer
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 24, 2001No. Nos. 99-4063, 99-4065PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Brandy Andrews (Andrews) brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against a broad array of defendants for damages arising from the death of her father, Bobby Andrews, while he was an involuntary patient at Fulton State Hospital in Fulton, Missouri. Her case proceeded to trial and judgment in her favor only against the defendants who are here the appellants. The claim tried was that these defendants — all security aides at the hospital— used constitutionally excessive force during the takedown and restraint that resulted in Bobby Andrews’s death. The jury found these…
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