JONES v. TOWN OF EAST HAVEN

Docket Nos. 10-4731-cv (L), 10-4894-cv.

691 F.3d 72 (2012)

Emma JONES, as Administratrix of the Estate of Malik Jones and as Guardian Ad Litem for Priya Jones, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. TOWN OF EAST HAVEN, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Fitzpatrick Myers , ( Steven J. Errante , on the brief), Lynch, Traub, Keefe & Errante, P.C., New Haven, CT, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

David N. Rosen , David Rosen & Associates, P.C., New Haven, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Before: JOHN M. WALKER, JR., LEVAL, POOLER, Circuit Judges.


LEVAL, Circuit Judge:

Defendant, the Town of East Haven (hereinafter "Town"), appeals from the judgment after a jury trial of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Thompson, J.), awarding damages to Plaintiff under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the killing of her son by an East Haven police officer. The Town contends it was entitled to judgment as a matter of law under Rule 50 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because Plaintiff...

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