FERNANDEZ v. FITZGERALD

No. 826, Docket 82-7634.

711 F.2d 485 (1983)

Felicita FERNANDEZ, Administratrix, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert D. FITZGERALD, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Williams, New Haven, Conn. (Williams & Wise, New Haven, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Raymond B. Rubens, Asst. City Atty., Bridgeport, Conn., for defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, VAN GRAAFEILAND and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.


VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Felicita Fernandez, as administratrix of the estate of her son Elizer, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut dismissing her civil rights claim against Robert Fitzgerald, a City of Bridgeport police officer, following a jury trial before Judge Zampano. Appellant's sole claim of error is that the trial court refused to charge that the jury might consider whether certain evidence pointed...

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