DAUGHTREY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which MOORE, J., joined. KRUPANSKY, J. (pp. 1313-33), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.
In this civil rights action, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiff alleged that three Kentucky police officers used excessive force when arresting him. After the district court bifurcated the trial in order to try the liability and damages issues separately, a jury found...
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