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KRAFT v. CITY OF BETTENDORF

No. 83-1403.

359 N.W.2d 466 (1984)

John Richard KRAFT and Scott Raymond Ellis, Appellees, v. CITY OF BETTENDORF, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Stonebraker and Elliott R. McDonald III of McDonald, Stonebraker & Cepican, P.C., Davenport, for appellant.

David A. Millage, Bettendorf, for appellees.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and McGIVERIN, LARSON, SCHULTZ and WOLLE, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Justice.

Defendant City of Bettendorf appeals from judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding plaintiffs John Richard Kraft and Scott Raymond Ellis $15,000 and $8,000, respectively, as damages for their false arrest by two Bettendorf police officers following an altercation in a tavern. Plaintiffs cross-appeal the trial court's entry of a directed verdict for defendant with respect to plaintiffs' claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. We affirm.

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