Vicki Westcott v. Joseph C. Crinklaw

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

We now consider Vicki Westcott’s third appeal in her civil rights action against the City of Omaha and Joseph Crinklaw. , an Omaha police officer, shot and killed Vicki Westeott’s husband, Arden Westcott, during an attempted burglary. We reversed the first jury verdict for Crinklaw because of errors in admitting evidence. The jury in the second trial returned a verdict for West-cott, but only awarded one dollar in damages. Westcott now appeals, arguing that a new trial on damages is warranted because the district court failed to properly instruct the jury on…