BEDDINGFIELD v. CITY OF PULASKI, TENN.

No. 87-6307.

861 F.2d 968 (1988)

Georgia BEDDINGFIELD, surviving spouse of William Beddingfield, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF PULASKI, TENNESSEE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 5, 1989


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robb S. Harvey, Farris, Warfield and Kanaday, Nashville, Tenn., Cornelia A. Clark (lead) (argued), for defendant-appellant.

Randall L. Kinnard, Randall Kinnard & Associates, David Randolph Smith (argued), Joseph H. Johnston, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LIVELY, RYAN and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 5, 1989

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant City of Pulaski, a municipal corporation located in Giles County, Tennessee, appeals the district court's order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict following a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Georgia Beddingfield, surviving spouse of William Beddingfield. William Beddingfield hanged himself with his own belt while being held in the Pulaski...

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