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DAVIS v. CITY OF DETROIT

Docket No. 78994.

149 Mich. App. 249 (1986)

386 N.W.2d 169

DAVIS v. CITY OF DETROIT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Small, Clark & Berris, P.C. (by Marvin L. Berris and Anne M. Winthrop), for plaintiff.

Cooper & Fink (by David H. Fink and Mark J. Zausmer), for defendant.

Before: SHEPHERD, P.J., and J.H. GILLIS and P.J. CLULO, JJ.

SHEPHERD, P.J.

Plaintiff, Diane Davis, in her individual capacity and as the personal representative of the estate of Lester Davis, deceased, filed suit in Wayne County Circuit Court on June 21, 1979, against the City of Detroit after the decedent hanged himself while in police custody. The complaint alleged that the decedent's death resulted from the defective condition of the 11th Precinct holding cell where the decedent was detained and that the police violated...

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