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DODD v. CITY OF NORWICH

No. 1006, Docket 84-7780.

827 F.2d 1 (1987)

Velma DODD, Administratrix of the Estate of Dwayne Dodd, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF NORWICH and Eric Larson, Individually and in his official capacity as a Norwich Police Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1987.

Reargued June 15, 1987.

Decided August 31, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Williams, New Haven, Conn. (Williams and Wise, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Andrew J. O'Keefe, Hartford, Conn. (Jackson, O'Keefe and Dunn, Denise Martino Phelan, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before MESKILL and PRATT, Circuit Judges, and EDMUND L. PALMIERI, District Judge of the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.

GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:

Velma Dodd, individually and as administratrix of the estate of her son, Dwayne Dodd, appeals from the dismissal of her complaint after a bench trial. She seeks damages for the death of her son, who was shot to death in a struggle over the gun of defendant Eric Larson, a relief police officer working part time for defendant City of Norwich, while Larson was trying to handcuff Dodd.

Plaintiff's claims against officer Larson and...

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