DAVIS v. HOLLY

No. 85-3769.

835 F.2d 1175 (1987)

Leona DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank HOLLY, et al., Defendants, Timothy B. Moritz, M.D., Barry I. Fireman, PH.D., Calvert A. Walker, George Gintoli, James J. Ungvarsky, Christopher Robey, Donzella Robinson, Robert J. Ivancic, Cherrie N. Miller, Magdi Rizk, Virginia Brauer, Beverly Ekberg, Sheila Dailey, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Kovach (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants-appellants.

Joseph J. Marcoguiseppe (argued), Lakewood, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ENGEL, JONES and NELSON, Circuit Judges.


DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is a civil rights action brought against certain administrators and supervisors of a state mental hospital by a patient who claims that the defendants' failure to perform their jobs in a proper manner led to her being raped by one of the hospital's employees. The plaintiff also complains that the defendants allowed her to inflict numerous injuries on herself. The defendants' alleged misconduct is claimed to have constituted a clear...

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