MYRICK v. COOLEY

No. 8715SC1041.

371 S.E.2d 492 (1988)

91 N.C. App. 209

Alton MYRICK v. James Oscar COOLEY, Andrew F. Goodwin, Jr., Paul Douglas Barnhart, the City of Graham Police Department and City of Graham.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith G. Behar, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge, & Rice by Richard T. Rice and J. Daniel McNatt, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellees.


BECTON, Judge.

Plaintiff, Alton Myrick, brought this civil action against Graham police officers James Oscar Cooley, Andrew F. Goodwin, Jr., and Paul Douglas Barnhart; against Police Chief William Miles; and against the Graham Police Department and the City of Graham, seeking damages under the common law of North Carolina and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 for claims arising from an allegedly wrongful arrest. Myrick alleged in his complaint facts tending to show that Officers...

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