PUTMAN v. UNKNOWN SMITH

No. 96-1190.

98 F.3d 1093 (1996)

Sharon PUTMAN, Joann Lee, Appellants, v. UNKNOWN SMITH, St. Louis County Police Officer DSN 2116; St. Louis County, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied December 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory G. Fenlon (argued), St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant.

Robert E. Fox, Jr., Clayton, Missouri, argued (John A. Ross, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, HEANEY and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied December 4, 1996.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Sharon Putman and Joann Lee appeal from the district court's grant of judgment as a matter of law to the appellees, a police officer, a towing company, and St. Louis County, in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I.

Considering the evidence in the light most favorable to the appellants,1

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