PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a jury verdict awarding substantial compensatory and punitive damages to a Mississippi college student against a Louisiana sheriff and his deputy for injuries suffered while jailed on a misdemeanor charge. Finding that the trial court applied the proper legal standards and finding sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict, we affirm.
On Monday, August 13, 1979, Thomas Stokes, a twenty-one...
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