Bancroft Dudley Hall v. Frederick J. Ochs, Frederick J. Ochs, S. Leo Judge, James P. Rogers, Thomas F. Murphy and Town of Milton

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict entered in a civil rights and pendent state tort suit brought by plaintiffs Bancroft Dudley Hall and Sandra Hall against four Milton police officers and the Town of Milton. The alleged errors we examine on appeal relate to a directed verdict against the Town and one of the officers, the denial of qualified immunity, a jury instruction on joint liability, and the damage and attorneys’ fees awards. We affirm in large part the decision of the trial court. We reverse, however, the district court’s application of a multiplier to the…