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PARKER v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 86-7233, 86-7369.

855 F.2d 763 (1988)

Lolita PARKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Michael WILLIAMS, individually and as Chief Jailer, Macon County, Alabama, et al., Defendants, Lucius Amerson, individually and as Sheriff, Macon County, Alabama and Macon County, Alabama, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baxley, Beck, Dillard & Dauphin, William J. Baxley, Joel E. Dillard, Charles Dauphin, Birmingham, Ala., for Amerson.

Gray, Langford, Sapp, Davis & McGowan, Edwin L. Davis, Tuskegee, Ala., Charles S. Conley, Montgomery, Ala., for Macon County.

Jerry B. Kurz, Hall & Kurz, Chicago, Ill., Griffin Sikes, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., James J. Friedman, Waukegan, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HILL and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from a jury award of compensatory and punitive damages for liability under state tort law and 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983. We resume our consideration of this case after receiving a response to the question we certified to the Supreme Court of Alabama. 519 So.2d 442 (Ala.1987).

I. Background

Lolita Parker spent the night in the Macon...

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