SPENCER v. KNAPHEIDE TRUCK EQUIPMENT CO.

No. 98-3717.

183 F.3d 902 (1999)

Joseph L. SPENCER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KNAPHEIDE TRUCK EQUIPMENT CO.; Defendant, The Board of Police Commissioners of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, through it members: Dr. Stacy Daniels, in her official capacity as Vice President, Board of Police Commissioners; Jeffrey J. Simon, in his official capacity as Treasurer, Board of Police Commissioners; Joseph J. Mulvihill, in his official capacity as a Member, Board of Police Commissioners; Emmanuel Cleaver, in his official capacity as ex officio member, Board of Police Commissioners and Mayor, City of Kansas City, Missouri; Defendants-Appellees, Knapheide Manufacturing Company, Defendant. Knapheide Truck Equipment Co., Knapheide Manufacturing Company, Third-Party Plaintiffs.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed July 26, 1999.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Neuhaus, Kansas City, MO, argued for appellant.

Dale H. Close, Kansas City, Mo, argued (Lisa S. Morris, Kansas City, Mo, on the brief), for appellee.

BEFORE: BEAM and HANSEN, Circuit Judges, and KOPF, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 13, 1999.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Spencer appeals from the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in his section 1983 suit for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of his arrest and subsequent transportation to a police facility in a patrol wagon. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On January 30, 1992, while on patrol wagon duty, Officer Trussler...

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