ROBINSON v. CITY OF ST. CHARLES, MO.

No. 91-2243.

972 F.2d 974 (1992)

Donald ROBINSON; Dorothy L. Robinson; John C. Jones, by his next friends Donald Robinson and Dorothy Robinson, Appellants, v. The CITY OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI; Officer Jim Schweppe, St. Charles Police Department; Officer Michael Gravemann, St. Charles Police Department, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Whitfield and Rita Montgomery, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

Robert Krehbiel, and Joy Urbom, Evans & Dixon, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before MAGILL, Circuit Judge, WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOKEN, Circuit Judge.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs in this § 1983 excessive force damage action are Donald and Dorothy Robinson and their grandson, John Jones. They appeal the judgment of the district court1 entered on a directed verdict in favor of the City of St. Charles, Missouri, and a jury verdict substantially in favor of two of its police officers, Michael Gravemann and James Schweppe. Plaintiffs argue that the district court erred in refusing...

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