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HERMAN v. CLEARFIELD COUNTY PA.

Civ. A. No. 91-226J.

836 F.Supp. 1178 (1993)

Cathy L. HERMAN, Administratrix for the Estate of Lawrence Gourley Herman, Plaintiff, v. CLEARFIELD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA; Clearfield County Prison Board; Warden Dan Ogden; Clearfield County Correction Officer/Prison Guard Raymond Taylor; Jefferson County, Pennsylvania; Drug and Alcohol Advisor Raymond Navarro; Clearfield-Jefferson Mental Health Mental Retardation Program o/w Clearfield-Jefferson MH/MR; A.J. Himes; Clearfield-Jefferson Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center; Clearfield-Jefferson Community Mental Health Center, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Petyak, Ebensburg, PA, Mark B. Frost, Mark B. Frost & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiff.

James F. Israel, Bryan B. Campbell, Israel & Wood, Pittsburgh, PA, for defendants.

OPINION and ORDER

D. BROOKS SMITH, District Judge.

I. Introduction

On the afternoon of November 1, 1989, Lawrence Gourley Herman (the "decedent") committed suicide while incarcerated at the Clearfield County Prison. Plaintiff Cathy L. Herman ("Herman"), Administratrix of the decedent's estate, brought this action on October 31, 1991, alleging that the various defendants acted recklessly...

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