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CITY OF KEY WEST v. KNOWLES

No. 3D06-366.

948 So.2d 58 (2007)

CITY OF KEY WEST, Appellant, v. Lorraine KNOWLES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & McDuff, P.A. and Michael T. Burke, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellant.

Stevens & Culmer and Sheldon D. Stevens, Merritt Island, for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, GREEN, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

GREEN, J.

The City of Key West ("City") appeals an adverse final judgment on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim after a jury trial. On this appeal, the City asserts that the trial court erred when it failed to grant the City's motion for directed verdict on this claim. We agree and reverse.

Lorraine Knowles sued the City and its former Cemetery Sexton, Gilbert Suarez, on the grounds, among other things, that she was deprived of a property interest in her husband...

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