MERIDETH v. GROGAN

Civ. A. No. 4:90-cv-255-HLM.

812 F.Supp. 1223 (1992)

Stoney Allan MERIDETH, Individually and as Administrator of the estate of Jerry Wayne Merideth, deceased, Ricky Pearson Merideth, and Shelia Merideth, as Natural guardian of Dusty Wayne Merideth, a minor, Plaintiffs, v. Perry GROGAN, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Sheriff of Paulding County, Georgia; Lamar Hunton, Individually and in his Official capacity as Deputy Sheriff of Paulding County, Georgia; John C. Helms, John Walton and H.D. Williams, Individually and in their official capacities as Commissioners of Paulding County; Paulding County, Georgia, and John Does, Deputy Sheriffs of Paulding County, Georgia, as yet unknown, Individually and in their Official capacities as such, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Rome Division.

April 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Burton Howe, Jr., Howe & Dettmering, Douglasville, GA, Michael N. Weathersby, Evert & Weathersby, Atlanta, GA, for plaintiffs.

Theodore Freeman, Drew Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, GA, James Glenn Richardson, Vinson Osborne Talley & Richardson, Dallas, GA, for defendants.


ORDER

HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.

This civil rights case is before the Court on Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment. The facts comprising this lawsuit depict a tragic tale of suicide. On April 20, 1990, the decedent, Jerry Wayne Merideth ("Decedent"), spent most of the day with his two sons, Plaintiffs Ricky Merideth ("Ricky") and Dusty Merideth ("Dusty"). During the day, the three men rode around town, purchased some beer and eventually decided...

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