District Court, E.D. Michigan January 27, 2014, No. 08-CV-15090 (Blair ex rel. Estate of Blair v. Harris)

OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DETERMINATION OF DAMAGES

GERALD E. ROSEN, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This tragic case presents a model of how not to litigate a Section 1983 damages claim. On the one hand, we have an absolute tragedy — the death of a young man within just weeks of his older brother being shot and killed in a separate incident.