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HERER v. BURNS

Civ. A. No. 82-0080-H.

577 F.Supp. 762 (1984)

Norman HERER, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. William J. BURNS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Harrisonburg Division.

January 3, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Rosenfield, Charlottesville, Va., Bruce J. Ennis, Dover, Del., for plaintiffs.

Ronald D. Hodges, Harrisonburg, Patrick O'Hare, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MICHAEL, District Judge.

This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for compensatory and punitive damages brought by relatives of Jeffrey Herer, an involuntarily committed patient at Western State Hospital ("Hospital") in Staunton, Virginia. Plaintiffs assert a pendent wrongful death claim as well. Jeffrey Herer died on July 27, 1981, after suffering a seizure while at the Hospital. Plaintiffs allege in their complaint that Jeffrey Herer's...

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