MORNINGSTAR v. CITY OF DETROIT

Case No. 06-11073.

617 F.Supp.2d 570 (2009)

Jay Harrison MORNINGSTAR, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF DETROIT, Tyrine Wheatley, and Lisa Bryson (Mix), Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

April 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lenore M. Ferber, Richard G. Convertino, Convertino Assoc., Plymouth, MI, for Plaintiff.

Jacob Schwarzberg, John A. Schapka, Detroit City Law Department, Detroit, MI, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

PATRICK J. DUGGAN, District Judge.

This lawsuit arises out of the prosecution of Jay Harrison Morningstar ("Plaintiff"), a Michigan State Police Trooper, for a fatal, on-duty shooting, which took place on April 14, 2005. In January 2009 the case went trial and the jury returned a verdict totaling $500,000 in Plaintiff's favor on his claim of malicious prosecution against Detroit Police...

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