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BONE v. CITY OF LAFAYETTE, IND.

No. 82-1965.

763 F.2d 295 (1985)

M. Ruth BONE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF LAFAYETTE, INDIANA and Maurice E. Callahan, Individually and as City of Lafayette Engineer, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard O. Bovey, Lafayette, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Richard T. Heide, Heide, Gambs & Mucker, Lafayette, Ind., for defendants-appellants.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Appellee Ruth Bone brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against appellants City of Lafayette, Indiana and City Engineer Maurice Callahan. The District Court for the Northern District of Indiana awarded Bone $17,500 in compensatory damages from Callahan and the City, and $35,000 in punitive damages from Callahan. We reverse and remand for additional findings of fact.

I.

In July 1975 Ruth Bone spoke with City Engineer...

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