HIBMA v. ODEGAARD

Nos. 84-1137, 84-1445.

769 F.2d 1147 (1985)

George C. HIBMA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard T. ODEGAARD, James Nikodem, and Michael Paul Szula, Defendants-Appellees, and Sawyer County, Wisconsin, Intervening Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Wahl, Eau Claire, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard C. Niess, Madison, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


GRANT, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant, Hibma, appeals the trial court's granting of intervening Defendant-Appellee's, Sawyer County's, motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the trial court's denial of Hibma's motions to increase the jury's award of damages or, alternatively, for a new trial on the issue of damages, and the trial court's award of attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. For the reasons stated below, this Court reverses the...

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