SEVIER v. CITY OF LAWRENCE, KAN.

No. 94-3214.

60 F.3d 695 (1995)

Willie SEVIER, Individually, as parent and heir at law of Gregory Sevier, Deceased, and as administrator of the estate of Gregory Sevier; Orene Sevier, Individually, and as parent and heir at law of Gregory Sevier, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS; Ted J. Bordman; James H. Phillips; and W. Ronald Olin, Defendants-Appellants, and George T. Wheeler, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Wright of Wright, Henson, Somers, Sebelius, Clark, & Baker, LLP, Topeka, KS (Catherine A. Walter of Wright, Henson, Somers, Sebelius, Clark, & Baker, LLP, and Lance W. Burr, Lawrence, KS, with him on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Gerald L. Cooley of Allen, Cooley & Allen, Lawrence, KS (Randall F. Larkin, of Allen, Cooley & Allen, with him on the briefs), for defendants-appellants.

Before MOORE and EBEL, Circuit Judges, and COOK, District Judge.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellees, Willie and Orene Sevier (respectively "Willie" and "Orene;" collectively "the Seviers"), brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Kansas state law against various police officers and the City of Lawrence, Kansas1 for the shooting death of their son Gregory Sevier ("Gregory"). Lawrence police officers Ted J. Bordman ("Bordman") and James H. Phillips...

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