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THORNTON v. CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALA.

No. Civ.A. 98-T-1080-N.

78 F.Supp.2d 1218 (1999)

Diane THORNTON, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

August 31, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Shipman, Huntsville, AL, C. Wayne Morris, Huntsville, AL, for Diane Thornton, individually, Dorothy Raab, individually as wife of James Robert Raab, deceased, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of James Robert Raab, deceased, plaintiffs.

George B. Azar, Elizabeth C. Wible, Azar & Azar, Montgomery, AL, F. Tim McCollum, City Attorney, Montgomery, AL, for The City of Montgomery, Alabama, John Wilson, Albert D. Allen, Edward McCurdy, Mary E. Buce, Janice Hopkins, Terrance D. Smith, Michael E. Minger, Alvin R. Hendricks, Laura Addison, Lucille Moore, defendants.

Marvin Whitted, Millbrook, AL, for Marvin Whitted, in his official capacity as a City of Montgomery employee at the time of the death of James Raab, defendant pro se.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Diane Thornton (the daughter of James Robert Raab, deceased) and Dorothy Raab (Raab's widow and the representative of his estate) have brought this lawsuit in federal court claiming that Raab died while a pre-trial detainee in the Montgomery City Jail because jail staff failed to supervise him properly. The plaintiffs have named the City of Montgomery, Alabama, its Police Chief, and...

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