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LANCASTER v. MONROE COUNTY, ALA.

No. 96-6735.

116 F.3d 1419 (1997)

Cylinda H. LANCASTER, as the administratrix of the estate of Harold B. Lancaster, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MONROE COUNTY, ALABAMA; Sheriff Thomas Tate; Monroe County Commission; Robert Rankins; Eddie Wells; and Ann Jackson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Strickland, Richard S. Jaffe, Cecilee R. Beasley, Richard S. Jaffe, P.C., Dan L. Turberville, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Daryl L. Masters, Kelly Gallops Davidson, Bart Harmon, Webb & Eley, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BIRCH and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and PROPST, Senior District Judge.

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Harold Michael Lancaster died from an injury he sustained while in custody at the county jail in Monroe County, Alabama. Cylinda Lancaster, Lancaster's widow and the administratrix of his estate, claims that Monroe County, the Monroe County Commission, Sheriff Thomas Tate, and Jailers Robert Rankins, Eddie Wells, and Ann Jackson are liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law for failing to provide Lancaster with adequate medical treatment...

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