SAUDERS v. COUNTY OF STEUBEN

No. 92A03-9411-CV-400.

664 N.E.2d 768 (1996)

Betty Jean SAUDERS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Mark S. Sowles, Deceased, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. The COUNTY OF STEUBEN; Lawnie M. McClelland, as Sheriff of Steuben County; Mark Klink and Gregory W. Aldrich, Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

April 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt Bentley Grimm, Grimm & Grimm P.C., Auburn, for Appellant.

Branch R. Lew, Hunt, Suedhoff, Borror & Eilbacher, Fort Wayne, for Appellees.

Michael R. Morow, Stephenson Daly Morow & Kurnik, Indianapolis, for Amicus Curiae Association of Indiana Counties and Indiana Sheriff's Association.


OPINION

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff Betty Jean Sauders, personal representative of the estate of Mark W. Sowles, deceased, appeals from a judgment in favor of the County of Steuben; Lawnie M. McClelland, as Sheriff of Steuben County; Mark Klink and Gregory W. Aldrich (collectively referred to as "Steuben County") in a wrongful death action arising from Sowles' suicide while a pretrial detainee in the Steuben County Jail.

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