Legal Opinion

Carole Krechman v. County of Riverside

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 25, 2013No. 12-55347PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

Carole Krechman, individually and as the personal representative of her son, Robert Albert Appel, brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for damages resulting from her son’s death. Krechman contends that *1107police officers (“Defendants”) used excessive force, resulting in Appel’s death, when they responded to a 911 hang-up call and found Appel sitting unarmed in his driveway and tried to take custody of him. After a jury trial, the district court granted judgment as a matter of law to Defendants under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(a). Krechman appeals, requesting…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Bruce Lee Jorgensen v. Benjamin B. Cassiday, III Salvador Laurel, Bruce Lee Jorgensen v. Benjamin B. Cassiday, III Salvador LaurelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
  3. Clinton Hiler v. Michael AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
  4. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Go Daddy Software, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
  5. Marjati Winarto v. Toshiba America Electronics Components, Inc., Roger E.A. Taylor, Wayne Liem, Bill McKinley Ron Birtch, Nancy AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by61 opinions

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  4. Daniel Chavez v. David RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2016
  5. Anthony Reed v. Doug LieuranceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2017

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