WEBB v. DESOTO COUNTY

No. 2002-CA-00005-SCT.

843 So.2d 682 (2003)

Donna WEBB and Robert Chambers, Individually as Parents and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Michael S. Chambers v. DESOTO COUNTY, Mississippi, Desoto County Board of Supervisors, James A. Riley, Desoto County Sheriff, and John Doe and Jane Doe, Desoto County Deputy Jailers, in their Official Capacities.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gwendolyn Baptist Hewlett, Southaven, A.C. Wharton, Jr., Memphis, TN, attorneys for appellants.

Sidney Ray Hill, III, John S. Hill, Tupelo, attorneys for appellees.

Before PITTMAN, C.J., WALLER and GRAVES, JJ.


GRAVES, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. This appeal arises from an order entered by the Circuit Court of DeSoto County, Mississippi, on December 6, 2001. The instant complaint was filed on January 26, 2001, by Donna Webb and Robert Chambers, individually as parents and on behalf of the wrongful death beneficiaries of Michael S. Chambers, who committed suicide on January 29, 2000, while incarcerated at the DeSoto County Detention Center. DeSoto County, Mississippi, the...

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