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CRAWFORD v. EDMONSON

No. 84-2371.

764 F.2d 479 (1985)

Sara L. CRAWFORD, Special Administrator of the Estate of Scott W. Pawlisa, Deceased, and Brian Pawlisa, Deceased, as Administrator, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jerry EDMONSON, Individually and as a Police Officer of the City of Centralia; Kermit Justice, Individually and as Chief of Police of the City of Centralia, and the City of Centralia, a municipal corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip B. Alfeld, East Alton, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles Schmidt, Mitchell, Brandon & Schmidt, Carbondale, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Sara Crawford appeals from the district court's denial of her motion for a new trial following a jury verdict in favor of defendants-appellees on the section 1983 claim that she brought as Special Administrator of the estates of her two deceased sons, Brian and Scott Pawlisa. Her suit alleged that the defendants violated the civil rights of Brian and Scott Pawlisa when defendant Jerry Edmonson, a police officer for the city...

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