BROS. v. ZOSS

No. 15-51204.

837 F.3d 513 (2016)

Aaron BROTHERS, as Independent Executor of the Estate of William Slade Sullivan; Rosemary Claus Sullivan, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Officer Nathan J. ZOSS; Officer Kristen A. Mayo; Officer Aaron P. Ballew, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed September 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Broadus A. Spivey , Law Offices of Broadus A. Spivey, Kurt Howard Kuhn , Kuhn Hobbs , P.L.L.C., Joseph Andrew Turner , Law Office of Joseph A. Turner, Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Mike Thompson, Jr., Esq. , Archie Carl Pierce, Esq. , Wright & Greenhill, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before KING, SMITH, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


Officers Nathan Zoss, Kristen Mayo, and Aaron Ballew forcibly removed William Sullivan from his pickup truck after he refused to comply with their lawful commands to exit the vehicle. In the process, Sullivan, who was heavily intoxicated, morbidly obese, and handicapped, suffered a serious injury that rendered him...

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