McAllister v. Price

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• holding that a plaintiff’s injury may be evidence of the degree and reasonableness of force used but is not necessary to establish a constitutional violation
• finding that the plaintiff’s injuries may be relevant in determining whether a use of force was reasonable
• finding that plaintiff's testimony about his subjective symptoms corroborated his claim that he was injured by the officer's take-down, not earlier car accidents
• finding that a “plaintiff may rely on lay testimony when causation is within the understanding of a lay person.”
• noting it is a § 1983 plaintiff's burden to establish the underlying constitutional deprivation
• noting it is a § 1983 plaintiff’s burden to establish the underlying constitutional depriva‐ tion

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