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DYE v. WAYNE COUNTY

Docket No. 76441.

154 Mich. App. 237 (1986)

397 N.W.2d 188

DYE v. WAYNE COUNTY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bell & Hudson, P.C. (by Glen R. Warn), for plaintiffs.

John D. O'Hair, Corporation Counsel, and Glen H. Downs and Dean Koulouras, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for defendants.

Before: DANHOF, C.J., and J.H. GILLIS and M. WARSHAWSKY, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs' decedent, Timothy Dye, was found dead in his Wayne County jail cell on June 4, 1980, hanging from the cell door bars by a towel around his neck. Plaintiffs filed a four-count complaint alleging (I) negligence in supervising inmates and providing defective premises, (II) a respondeat superior claim against the county defendants, (III) wrongful death, and (IV) intentional infliction of emotional...

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