Legal Opinion
Anna Pleasant, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jeffrey Pleasant, Deceased v. Michael Zamieski and City of Detroit
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1990No. 88-1378PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This case arose from the accidental shooting death of Jeffrey Pleasant by Michael Zamieski, a Detroit police officer. This appeal follows a directed verdict for the City of Detroit and a jury verdict in favor of Zamieski. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.
The shooting occurred on the night of August 11, 1985, shortly after Pleasant unsuccessfully attempted to steal an automobile located in the parking lot of the Taystee Bakery in Detroit. Michael Zamie-ski, an off-duty Detroit police officer, was called to the scene by a bakery employee who observed…
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