THORNHILL v. BREAZEALE

No. Civ.A. 2:99-CV-35PG.

88 F.Supp.2d 647 (2000)

Michael Bruce THORNHILL, et. al., Plaintiffs, v. Marvin E. BREAZEALE, et. al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Hattiesburg Division.

February 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Andrew Phelps, J. Andrew Phelps, Attorney, Hattiesburg, MS, Mark Randall Holmes, Robison & Harbour, McComb, MS, John D. Smallwood, Glenn L. White, Holmes & White, PLLC, Petal, MS, Searcy L. Simpson, Jr., Searcy L. Simpson, Jr., Attorney, Dallas, TX, Gerald F. Meek, the Law Offices of Skip Simpson, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Michael Bruce Thornhill, Individually and on Behalf of All Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of William Bruce Thornhill, plaintiff.

John (Jack) W. Land, Sandra Schuffert Mohler, Bryan, Nelson, Randolph and Weathers, Hattiesburg, MS, W.J. Gamble, III, W.J. Gamble III, Attorney, Purvis, MS, for Marvin E. Breazeale, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Lamar County, MS, defendant.

W.J. Gamble, III, W.J. Gamble II, Purvis, MS, for Lamar County, Mississippi, U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Ins. Co., defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PICKERING, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment. Having considered this motion, the responses, the briefs of counsel, the cited authorities and applicable law, this Court finds as follows:

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

This cause of action arises from the events surrounding the suicide of William Thornhill, a pre-trial detainee in the custody of the Sheriff's Department...

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