DANESE v. ASMAN

Civ. A. No. 84-9797 PH.

670 F.Supp. 709 (1987)

Janet M. DANESE, Personal Representative of the Estate of David Danese, Dec'd., Louis Danese, Daniel Danese, Pamela Danese, Margaret Danese, Thomas Danese, Frances Danese and Louis Danese, Ind., Plaintiffs, v. Thomas A. ASMAN, Ind. and as Chief of Police for the City of Roseville, Howard Hill, Ind. and as Sergeant and Shift Commander for the City of Roseville Police Department, Frederick Stein, Ind. and as Sergeant for the City of Roseville Police Department, Robert Peters, Ind. and as Inspector for the City of Roseville Police Department, John Roe, Ind. and as Lieutenant for the City of Roseville Police Department, Gowsoski, R. Chuchran, Cardinal, and Kenyon, Ind. and as Police Officers for the City of Roseville Police Department, Roseville Police Department, Jeannie Riesterer, Ind. and as Mayor of the City of Roseville and the City of Roseville, a municipal corp., the Roseville Fire Department, Keith Pelt, Ind. and as Rescue Truck Attendant for the City of Roseville, Terry Hawkins, Ind. and as Roseville Fire Department Ambulance Attendant, Jointly and Severally, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

May 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Povlitz, Petz & Povlitz, Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., for plaintiffs.

J. Russell LaBarge, Roseville, Mich., for defendants — Office Kenyon and City of Roseville and Officer Gowsoski.

James S. Goulding, Detroit, Mich., for defendants — Pelt and Hawkins.

John R. Secrest, John H. Cowley, Jr., Farmington Hills, Mich., for defendant City of Roseville.

Thomas E. Spencer, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendants — Asman, Hill, Peters and Stein.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES HARVEY, District Judge.

This case arises from a November 9, 1982, incident in which David Danese committed suicide by hanging himself in a cell at the Roseville City Jail following his arrest for driving while under the influence of alcohol. Plaintiffs bring this suit on their own behalf. Janet M. Danese also brings suit as the mother of David Danese and the administrator of...

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