Legal Opinion
Gerald G. Schaefer and Lyla Schaefer v. Fred J. Goch and Marathon County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 2, 1998No. 98-1031PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of genuinely tragic events. During the early morning hours of September 25, 1995, Sergeant Fred Goch of the Marathon County, Wisconsin Sheriffs Department unintentionally shot and killed Kathy Nieslowski during a standoff between police and Nieslowski’s husband, John. Kathy Nieslowski’s parents 1 brought this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Goch and Marathon County violated their daughter’s rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of…
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