Barbara Ann Brandenburg v. Harry E. Cureton, Lynn Murphy, Calvin Morton, Jr., Appeal of Warren G. Hatfield, Roy Sharp and Mark Wright

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1989-08-11

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BOGGS, Circuit Judge. Sgt. Butch Hatfield, Deputy Mark Wright, and Detective Roy Sharp appeal the judgment entered against them for $75,000 in compensatory damages for a violation of the constitutional rights of plaintiff Barbara Ann Brandenburg and her deceased husband Dallas Brandenburg. Since the jury was presented with an impermissible theory of recovery, we reverse the judg…

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