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MURPHY v. CITY OF FLAGLER BEACH

No. 87-3222.

846 F.2d 1306 (1988)

Gary MURPHY, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. CITY OF FLAGLER BEACH, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, and Daniel H. Bennett, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Murphy, pro se.

William J. Sheppard, Sheppard & White, Pa, Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

C. Allen Watts, Cobb & Cole, Daytona Beach, Fla., for Flagler Beach.

Daniel H. Bennett, pro se.

Before HILL and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

In this action brought under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, Gary Murphy contends that the district court erred in instructing the jury to employ the principle of mitigation to offset the amount of damages it awarded him. In addition, Murphy asserts that the district court committed error by denying his post-trial motion for an increase in the damages award. We affirm.

I.

Murphy began working as a police officer for the City of Flagler...

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