ESTATE OF THURMAN v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

No. 99-C-877.

197 F.Supp.2d 1141 (2002)

ESTATE OF Clarence Michael THURMAN, III, by its Special Administrator Janice Thurman, Estate of Carmen Evans, a minor, by Sabrina Evans, her general guardian, and Janice Thurman, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Arthur Jones, and Keith Bernard Miller, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

March 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Flaxman, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Susan E. Lappen, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

ADELMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, the estate and survivors of Clarence Michael Thurman III, bring this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against former Milwaukee police officer Keith Bernard Miller, who shot and killed Thurman subsequent to chasing and apprehending him, after Thurman stole a lawn mower from Miller's garage. Plaintiffs allege that Miller used excessive force in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments...

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