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LINKOUS v. LANE

276 S.W.3d 917 (2008)

Audrey L. LINKOUS, on her own behalf, and on behalf of and as surviving spouse of Charles G. Linkous, deceased, and by next friend on behalf of her minor children, Justin L. Linkous, and Heather M. Linkous, v. Hawkins County Deputy Daniel LANE, Hawkins County Deputy Brian Boggs, Hawkins County Jailer Kimberly Gibson a/k/a Kimberly Cook, Hawkins County Jailer Nathan Simpson, Hawkins County Jail Supervisor Scott Alley, Hawkins County Sheriff Warren D. Rimer, and Hawkins County, Tennessee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section, at Knoxville.

May 14, 2008.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court December 8, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Spivey, Kingsport, Tennessee, for appellants.

Russell W. Adkins and Steven C. Uret, Kingsport, Tennessee, for appellee, Hawkins County, Tennessee.

HERSCHEL PICKENS FRANKS, P.J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., J., concurred, and SHARON G. LEE, J., concurred in part and dissented in part.

OPINION

This wrongful death action was brought by the widow of deceased, who committed suicide in the county jail. The Trial Court granted summary judgment to defendant County on the grounds that the undisputed evidence established that the defendant's suicide was not foreseeable. On appeal, we affirm.

In this wrongful death action, the plaintiff widow sued defendant County for the wrongful death of her husband who committed suicide in the County Jail.<...

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