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PARKER v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 86-7233, 86-7369.

862 F.2d 1471 (1989)

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.

January 11, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Gray, Langford, Sapp, Davis & McGowan, Edwin L. Davis, Tuskegee, Ala., for Macon County in No. 86-7233.

Charles S. Conley, Montgomery, Ala., for Macon County in both cases.

Jerry B. Kurz, Hall & Kurz, Chicago, Ill., James J. Friedman, Waukegan, Ill., for Lolita Parker in both cases.

Griffin Sikes, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for Lolita Parker in No. 86-7369.

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 and attorney's fees on claims brought under state tort laws and 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 against Macon County, Alabama; Lucius Amerson, the former sheriff of the county; and James Williams, the chief jailer of the county jail. The county and the sheriff appealed. We withdraw our initial opinion, 855 F.2d 763 (1988), and substitute this...

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