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RUSHING v. WAYNE CTY.

Docket No. 74724, (Calendar No. 1).

436 Mich. 247 (1990)

462 N.W.2d 23

RUSHING v. WAYNE COUNTY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Becker & Van Cleef, P.C. (by Frank G. Becker and Arthur B. Greenstone), for the plaintiff.

Saul A. Green, Corporation Counsel, John J. McCann, Principal Attorney, and Frank L. Charbonneau, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for the defendants.

Amici Curiae:

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by James I. De Grazia and Christine D. Oldani), for the Michigan Municipal League and the State Bar of Michigan, Public Corporation Law Section.

BRICKLEY, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff-appellant Linda Rushing appeals from the Court of Appeals affirmance of the trial court's grant of a directed verdict in favor of defendant-appellee Wayne County. Ms. Rushing claims that the county was liable under 42 USC 1983 for constitutional deprivations she allegedly sustained while a pretrial detainee at the Wayne County Jail. In particular, Ms. Rushing alleged that she was detained in a seminaked state for four...

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