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BELL v. STIGERS

No. 90-2203.

937 F.2d 1340 (1991)

Ralph J. BELL, individually and as Conservator and Guardian for Sam H. Bell and Rose Ann Bell, Appellees, v. Francis L. STIGERS, Appellant. County of Washington County, Iowa; Yale H. Jarvis; Richard Allison; Alice Benischeck and Eileen Russell.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Baker, Minneapolis, Minn., argued, for appellant. J. Hobart Darbyshire, Davenport, Iowa, and Clifford M. Greene, Minneapolis, Minn., appeared on appellant's brief.

John C. Hendricks, Davenport, Iowa, argued for appellees.

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Francis Stigers appeals from judgment of the District Court1 denying his motion for summary judgment. Stigers is a defendant in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) action resulting from a detainee's suicide attempt at the Washington County Jail, where Stigers worked as a jailer. For reasons stated below, we reverse the decision of the District Court.

I.

Stigers was on duty at the Washington County Jail...

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