BRYANT v. CARPENTER

1180843.

322 So.3d 1052 (2020)

Frankie BRYANT, administrator of the Estate of Deitrick Bryant, deceased v. Elston CARPENTER and Athelyn Jordan, individually and in their official capacities as officers of the Greene County Sheriff's Office.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 18, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene T. Moore , Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

J. Randall McNeill and Jamie H. Kidd of Webb & Eley, P.C., Montgomery, for appellees.


Deitrick Bryant ("Deitrick") committed suicide in his cell while he was an inmate at the Greene County jail. Deitrick's mother, as the administrator of his estate, sued two jail employees, alleging that their negligence allowed Deitrick's suicide to happen. The trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of the jail employees...

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