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DUNSTER v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY

No. 85-5573.

791 F.2d 1516 (1986)

James DUNSTER, Jane Dunster, as the Personal Representatives of the Estate of James Dunster, Jr. and James Dunster, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, and Peter Aydelotte, Defendants-Appellants. Detective Zatrepalek, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Wood, Asst. Dade County Atty., Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Neil Chonin, Chonin & Sher, P.A., Coral Gables, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FAY, Circuit Judge, and HENDERSON and NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judges.

HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

This lawsuit arises out of the death of James Dunster, Jr., who died as a result of gunshot wounds sustained on April 26, 1979. The plaintiffs/appellees in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action are the parents of James Dunster, who sued in their individual and representative capacities, and the defendants/appellants are Metropolitan Dade County (Dade) and police officer Peter Aydelotte. In the United States District Court for the Southern...

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