KEMEZY V. PETERS
79 F.3d 33 (7th Cir. 1996)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Peters (D), police officer, challenged the decision of the District
Court, which awarded punitive damages to Kemezy (P) in P's 42 U.S.C.S. 1983 suit against D
for excessive force.
FACTS: Kemezy (P) sued Peters (D), an Indiana policeman, under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983
claiming that D had wantonly beat P with an officer's nightstick in an altercation at a
bowling alley. D was moonlighting as a security guard at the time. The jury gave P $10,000
in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages. D appealed.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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