BELL v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

Civ. A. No. 79-C-927.

498 F.Supp. 1339 (1980)

Patrick BELL, Sr., Special Administrator of the Estate of Daniel Bell, Deceased, and in his own behalf, Alfonzo Bell, Doffer Bell, Eddie Bell, Ernest Bell, Henry Bell, Jimmy Bell, Joseph Bell, Lawrence Bell, Roosevelt Bell, Sylvia White Bell, and Walter Bell, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Thomas Grady, Jr., Howard Johnson, John Doe, and Richard Roe (presently unknown), present or former law enforcement officers in the City of Milwaukee Police Department, individually and as former or present officers, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.

October 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Jacobson, Curry First, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Rudolph M. Konrad, Asst. City Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant City of Milwaukee.

Franklyn M. Gimbel, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant Thomas Grady.


DECISION AND ORDER

REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.

This action arises out of the fatal shooting of Daniel Bell on February 2, 1958. Daniel Bell was shot by defendant Thomas Grady, who at the time was a City of Milwaukee police officer. The action was commenced in October 1979 by Patrick Bell, Sr., who is the special administrator of the estates of Daniel Bell and Daniel Bell's father, Dolphus Bell; and by Daniel Bell's twelve surviving brothers and sisters. Named...

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