Cavanaugh v. Woods Cross City

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

Shannon Cavanaugh suffered a serious head injury after being tasered by Daniel Davis, a police officer for Woods Cross City, Utah. She filed an excessive force claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City and Davis. After an interlocutory appeal in which we concluded fact questions existed on the question of excessive force, her case went to a jury The jury found for the City and Davis, and the district court entered judgment in their favor.

Cavanaugh raises several challenges to the district court’s pretrial and trial rulings, including (1) its refusal to exclude…