Goodwin Ex Rel. Nall v. City of Painesville

OPINION

STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs David Lee Nall and Rebecca Nall 1 filed this case following an incident in which Painesville Police Department Officers, initially responding to a noise issue, entered their apartment and tasered Mr. Nall for a total of 26 seconds. During the tasering, Mr. Nall began foaming at the mouth, stopped breathing, and went into cardiac arrest. He was rushed to a hospital, where he remained for two weeks. As a result of his cardiac arrest, Mr. Nall suffers from anoxic brain injury — injury to the brain due to lack of oxygen — and his mental functioning remains…