POPHAM v. CITY OF TALLADEGA

1900592.

582 So.2d 541 (1991)

Kathy Roberts POPHAM, as administratrix of the Estate of Ronnie Edward Popham, deceased v. CITY OF TALLADEGA, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Wiggins, Jr. and Ann K. Norton of Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins & Childs, Birmingham, for appellant Kathy Roberts Popham.

William Anthony Davis III and E. Martin Bloom of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for appellee City of Talladega.

David A. Lee of Parsons, Lee & Juliano, Birmingham, for appellees Police Chief Mike Hamlin, Officer Randy Jones, Officer Mark Williams, Mayor George Montgomery, Councilman Robert Duncan, Councilwoman Edith Sims, Councilman Charles Miller and Councilman Ken Payne.


SHORES, Justice.

The plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment for the defendants in a lawsuit arising out of a Christmas Eve 1987 suicide in the Talladega city jail. Kathy Roberts Popham, as administratrix of the estate of Ronnie Edward Popham, deceased, first filed a complaint in a federal court against the City of Talladega, Police Chief Mike Hamlin, Officer Randy (Ronnie) Jones, Officer Mark Williams, Mayor George Montgomery, and council members Robert Duncan...

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