Legal Opinion
Blair ex rel. Estate of Blair v. Harris
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided January 27, 2014No. 08-CV-15090PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DETERMINATION OF DAMAGES
GERALD E. ROSEN, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This tragic case presents a model of how not to litigate a Section 1983 damages claim. On the one hand, we have an absolute tragedy — the death of a young man within just weeks of his older brother being shot and killed in a separate incident. Our hearts go out to the mother who has had to endure this double loss. On the other hand, we have a plaintiffs lawyer who failed to plead a state wrongful death claim, failed to aggressively pursue this case even after the Court pushed him to do so, and…
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