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HEFLIN v. STEWART COUNTY, TENN.

No. 90-6585.

958 F.2d 709 (1992)

Allen D. HEFLIN, and his wife Jean LaRue Heflin, and Rue Ellen Heflin, next of kin and survivors of Hugh Allen Heflin, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STEWART COUNTY, TENNESSEE, David Hicks, Harry Joe Crutcher, and Wanda Luffman, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1992.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Johnston (briefed), Nashville, Tenn., R. Stephen Doughty (argued), Bussart, Buffaloe & Doughty, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellees.

George A. Dean, Parker, Lawrence, Cantrell & Dean, Nashville, Tenn. (argued and briefed), for defendants-appellants.

Before KENNEDY and BOGGS, Circuit Judges and LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing En Banc Denied June 3, 1992.

LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

The family of a twenty-year old pretrial detainee who committed suicide in the Stewart County, Tennessee jail sued the county, the sheriff, one deputy and the jailer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. A jury awarded damages to the plaintiffs and the defendants appeal. The defendants seek reversal based on the district court's denial of their motion for a directed verdict at the conclusion of the...

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