WELLS v. RUSHING

No. 84-4297.

755 F.2d 376 (1985)

Kathy WELLS, Administratrix of the Estate of Karl Harris, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Glen RUSHING, a/k/a Bobby Glen Rushing, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Waide, West Point, Miss., Michael T. Lewis, Oxford, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Coleman & Coleman, Thomas A. Coleman, Ackerman, Miss., Steven E. Farese, Ashland, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, TATE, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:*

Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Kathy Wells, the surviving widow of Karl Harris, brings this civil rights action against Bobby Glen Rushing, a Maben, Mississippi, police officer, for the alleged use of unreasonable and excessive force and for wrongful death. She also proceeds against the town of Maben for gross negligence in retaining Rushing or in failing properly to train or supervise Rushing and for...

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