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KEETON v. FAYETTE COUNTY

88-609.

558 So.2d 884 (1989)

Charles Edward KEETON, as administrator of the estate of Timothy Edward Keeton, deceased v. FAYETTE COUNTY, Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Clay Alspaugh of Hogan, Smith, Alspaugh, Samples & Pratt, Birmingham, and C. Delaine Mountain of Mountain & Mountain, Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

Susan J. Walker and Clarence L. McDorman, Jr., Birmingham, for appellee.

HOUSTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for Fayette County in a wrongful death case filed against it by Charles Edward Keeton, the father and administrator of the estate of Timothy Edward Keeton ("Timmy"), a 16-year-old who died as a result of hanging—apparently a self-inflicted hanging—while confined in the Fayette County jail.1 We reverse and remand.

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