Legal Opinion
Kirk v. City of Newark
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided August 4, 1986PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
SHEBELL, J.A.D.
Plaintiff, Tomanqui Kirk, appeals from a judgment n.o.v. dismissing his action following a jury verdict awarding him $10,000 under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 against defendant, Virginia Cardillo, a Newark police detective.
Defendant cross-appeals, alleging error in the admittance of certain evidence and in the jury instructions requiring a remand in the event this court reverses the judgment n.o.v.
Plaintiff filed suit in the Law Division asserting deprivation of his rights in violation of § 1983. The basis for his claim was that defendant filed a…
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- Kirk v. City of NewarkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988