CAVANAUGH v. WOODS CROSS CITY

No. 11-4206.

718 F.3d 1244 (2013)

Shannon CAVANAUGH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WOODS CROSS CITY, a Utah municipal corporation, and Daniel Davis, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen E. McDonald ( Bret M. Hanna with her on the briefs) Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough PC, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter Stirba ( R. Blake Hamilton with him on the brief) Stirba & Associates, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, GORSUCH, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

Shannon Cavanaugh suffered a serious head injury after being tasered by Daniel Davis, a police officer for Woods Cross City, Utah. She filed an excessive force claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City and Davis. After an interlocutory appeal in which we concluded fact questions existed on the question of excessive force, her case went to a jury The jury found for the City and Davis, and the district court entered judgment in their...

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