CITY OF CROSSVILLE v. HAYNES

1040126.

925 So.2d 944 (2005)

CITY OF CROSSVILLE v. Donna HAYNES, as administratrix of the estate of Phillip Corley, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Edgar Howard of Ford, Howard & Cornett, P.C., Gadsden, for appellant.

Keith Jackson and Robert R. Riley, Jr., of Riley & Jackson, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee.


STUART, Justice.

The City of Crossville appeals from a judgment entered by the DeKalb Circuit Court awarding Donna Haynes, as the administratrix of the estate of the Phillip Corley, deceased, $100,000 on her claim alleging that as a result of the City of Crossville's failure to train its employees in proper intake and monitoring procedures Phillip Corley committed suicide while he was an inmate in the Crossville city jail. We reverse and remand.

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