KNIGHT THROUGH KERR v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

No. 15-10687.

856 F.3d 795 (2017)

Michael KNIGHT, THROUGH Cheryl Denise KERR, as Personal Representative and Next-of-Kin, Latasha Cure, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, a Florida County and Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Miami-Dade Police Department, a Government Subdivision of Miami-Dade County, Robert Parker, former Director, Miami-Dade Police Department, Individually and as an Officer of the Miami-Dade Police Department, James Loftus, Interim Director, Miami-Dade Police Department, Individually and as an Officer of the Miami-Dade Police Department, Officer Ryan Robinson, Individually and as an Officer of the Miami-Dade Police Department, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benedict P. Kuehne , Michael Terrell Davis , Susan Dmitrovsky , Law Office of Benedict P. Kuehne, PA, Jeffery L. Allen , Law Offices of Jeffrey L. Allen & Associates, Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Ezra Saul Greenberg , Marlon Delano Moffett , Bernard Pastor , Rachel Cullen Ganz Walters , Miami-Dade County Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MARCUS, JILL PRYOR, and SILER, Circuit Judges.


This tragic case began in the late hours of November 12, 2007, when Miami-Dade Police Officers Ryan Robinson and Michael Mendez discharged their firearms at a Cadillac SUV driven by nonparty Frisco Blackwood and carrying plaintiffs Michael Knight and Latasha Cure as passengers. The shots ultimately killed Blackwood and Knight...

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