Kraft v. City of Bettendorf

McGIVERIN, Justice.

Defendant City of Bettendorf appeals from judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding plaintiffs John Richard Kraft and Scott Raymond Ellis $15,000 and $8,000, respectively, as damages for their false arrest by two Bettendorf police officers following an altercation in a tavern. Plaintiffs cross-appeal the trial court’s entry of. a directed verdict for defendant with respect to plaintiffs’ claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. We affirm.

On appeal, defendant contends: (1) that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a directed verdict with respect to plaintiffs’ claims for…