GOINES v. JAMES

No. 21363.

433 S.E.2d 572 (1993)

189 W.Va. 634

Sarah E. GOINES and Curtis E. Goines, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. Officer Jeffrey Goff JAMES, et al., Individually, and as Members of the Parkersburg City Police Department; and the City of Parkersburg, a Municipal Corporation, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Goines, pro se.

Steven M. McGowan, Andrew L. Paternostro, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, for appellees.

Larry N. Sullivan, Parkersburg, for Curtis E. Goines.


WORKMAN, Chief Justice:

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of Sarah Goines and Curtis Goines from an April 16, 1992, order of the Circuit Court of Wood County denying the Appellants' motion to set aside a jury verdict and grant a new trial. The Appellants filed suit on June 13, 1988, pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1981) based upon alleged violations of their Fourth Amendment rights.1 On March 6, 1992, the jury returned...

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