KIRK v. CITY OF NEWARK


212 N.J. Super. 201 (1986)

514 A.2d 839

TOMANQUI KIRK, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, CROSS-RESPONDENT, v. THE CITY OF NEWARK, ET AL., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT, CROSS-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isabelle R. Strauss, attorney for appellant, cross-respondent.

Rosalind Lubetsky Bressler, Corporation Counsel, attorney for respondent, cross-appellant (Michael Dougherty, Assistant Corporation Counsel, on the brief).

Before Judges ANTELL, SHEBELL and MUIR.


The opinion of the court was delivered by SHEBELL, J.A.D.

Plaintiff, Tomanqui Kirk, appeals from a judgment n.o.v. dismissing his action following a jury verdict awarding him $10,000 under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 against defendant, Virginia Cardillo, a Newark police detective.

Defendant cross-appeals, alleging error in the admittance of certain evidence and in the jury instructions requiring a remand in the event this court reverses the judgment n.o...

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