REY v. CITY OF FREDERICKTOWN, MO.

No. 83-1395.

729 F.2d 1171 (1984)

Theresa REY, Appellant, v. CITY OF FREDERICKTOWN, MISSOURI, a Municipal Corporation; Jerry Umfleet, City Marshal of Fredericktown, and George Despain, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Bell, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Evans & Dixon, Robert J. Krehbiel, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, Senior District Judge.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Theresa Rey seeks to recover compensatory and punitive damages from two police officers and a municipality for the death of her child. She alleges that, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, her son was deprived of his life under color of state law without due process, and alternatively, that under the Missouri wrongful death statute, his death was caused by defendants' negligence. Rey appeals from a jury verdict rendered in favor of the defendants.

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