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SHARPE v. CITY OF LEWISBURG, TENN.

No. 1-85-0099.

677 F.Supp. 1362 (1988)

Maria SHARPE, as natural parent and next of kin of Joel Wesley Sharpe, v. CITY OF LEWISBURG, TENNESSEE, et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Columbia Division.

January 26, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter W. Bussart, Fred D. Thompson, Thompson & Bussart, Nashville, Tenn., R. Stephen Doughty, for plaintiff.

Knox Bigham, Michael M. Boyd, Bigham & Boyd, and Robert O. Binkley, Lewisburg, Tenn., for defendants.

AMENDED MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, Chief Judge.

This case presents a question of first impression in the Sixth Circuit. That question is: Is the loss of society and companionship by a mother of her unconstitutionally killed son compensable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983? This Court finds that it is.

Factual Background

On Sunday morning, June 9, 1985, the Lewisburg Police Department received a call from a neighbor of Joel Wesley Sharpe. The...

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