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RUARK v. DRURY

No. 93-2648.

21 F.3d 213 (1994)

Dennis RUARK, Sr., and Mary Ruark, Appellants, v. Don DRURY, Dick Fehr, Leland Boatwright, Cotton Comer, Gregg Reed, and Jasper County, Missouri, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1994.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Michael W. Manners of Independence, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Jan Y. Millington of Springfield, MO.

Before McMILLIAN and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and STROM, District Judge.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

In September, 1985, Dennis Ruark, Jr., was an inmate at the jail in Jasper County, Missouri. He was 21 years old. When jail guards could not wake him one morning after several tries, they called an ambulance. Mr. Ruark died on the way to the hospital, apparently from a drug overdose.

In September, 1988, Mr. Ruark's parents—Dennis Ruark, Sr., and Mary Ruark—sued for damages in federal court. They alleged...

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