SHAHID v. CITY OF DETROIT

Nos. 88-1628, 88-1335.

889 F.2d 1543 (1989)

Elizabeth SHAHID, Personal Representative of Estate of James Braxton, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DETROIT, James O'Connor, Ralph Wilkowitz, Joseph Schmidt, George Blakey, Individually in their representative capacities as Police Officers for the City of Detroit, jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Howarth (argued), Fried, Saperstein, DeVine & Kohn and Craig E. Zucker, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

Marion Jenkins (argued), Law Dept., City of Detroit, Detroit, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before JONES and MILBURN, Circuit Judges, and BELL, District Judge.


SAM H. BELL, District Judge.

The death of James Braxton on September 9, 1984 in a Detroit jail gave birth to the litigation resulting in the instant appeal. Plaintiff Elizabeth Shahid, appellant here, was appointed to represent the estate of Mr. Braxton. She contends that the court below committed prejudicial error in two evidentiary rulings during the trial proceedings. The trial jury resolved the case in favor of all defendants.

Appellant further states...

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