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HAMPTON v. STATE OF MICHIGAN

Docket No. 73024.

144 Mich. App. 794 (1985)

377 N.W.2d 920

HAMPTON v. STATE OF MICHIGAN

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goodman, Eden, Millender & Bedrosian (by William H. Goodman), for plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Louis J. Porter and George H. Weller, Assistants Attorney General, for defendant.

Before: J.H. GILLIS, P.J., and M.J. KELLY and K.N. SANBORN, JJ.

K.N. SANBORN, J.

Defendant appeals as of right from a July 18, 1983, judgment entered following a nonjury trial in the Court of Claims. The trial court found defendant liable under 42 USC 1983 for the suicide death of plaintiff's decedent, Alvin Hampton, which occurred on December 6, 1978, while decedent was serving a prison term at the Riverside Correctional Facility. The court awarded plaintiff $75,000, plus interest.

Defendant contends that the Court of...

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