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BUTLER v. CITY OF DETROIT

Docket No. 78777.

149 Mich. App. 708 (1986)

386 N.W.2d 645

BUTLER v. CITY OF DETROIT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris, Marcks & Mooney, P.C. (by John G. Mooney), for plaintiff.

Donald Pailen, Corporation Counsel, Abigail Elias, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and William L. Woodard, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for defendants.

Before: BEASLEY, P.J., and V.J. BRENNAN and CYNAR, JJ.

V.J. BRENNAN, J.

Zarak Butler, as representative of the estate of Dink Butler, Jr., brought the present wrongful death action against the defendants, the City of Detroit and Police Officer Frederick W. Ford, following the fatal shooting of Dink Butler by Officer Ford. The plaintiff alleged that Officer Ford had committed an unlawful battery, violated the decedent's federal civil rights and had been negligent in the...

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