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FUERSCHBACH v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

No. 04-2117.

439 F.3d 1197 (2006)

Marcie FUERSCHBACH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.; City of Albuquerque; Duane Hoppe; Eldon Martinez; Michael Santiago; and Tina Marie Tapia, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 28, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Gulley, Jontz Dawe Gulley & Crown, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, for the Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey L. Baker (L. Helen Bennett, The Baker Law Firm, Albuquerque, NM; and Duane C. Gilkey and George C. Kraehe, Gilkey & Stephenson, P.A. with him on the briefs), The Baker Law Firm, Albuquerque, NM, for the Defendant-Appellees.

Before LUCERO, Circuit Judge, BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge, and McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.

LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Several supervisors at Southwest Airlines convinced two Albuquerque police officers to stage an arrest of Marcie Fuerschbach, a Southwest Airlines employee, as part of an elaborate prank that included actual handcuffing and apparent arrest. This was a "joke gone bad," and turned out to be anything but funny, as Fuerschbach allegedly suffered serious psychological injuries as a result of the prank. She sued the officers and the City of Albuquerque...

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