MANN v. TASER INTERN., INC.

No. 08-16951.

588 F.3d 1291 (2009)

Ruby MANN, as Administrator of the Estate of Melinda Neal Fairbanks and Guardian of Haley Nicole Fairbanks, Minors, Plaintiff-Appellant, John William Fairbanks, Jr., Individually and as Spouse of Melinda Neal Fairbanks, Deceased, Plaintiff Counter Defendant Appellant, Brenda Patterson, Guardian of Jonathan Cody Fairbanks, Plaintiff, v. TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC., Defendant Counter Claimant Appellee, Hamilton Health Care Systems, Inc., d.b.a. Whitfield County Emergency Medical Services, Joe Burge, Shawn Giles, Claude Craig, Individually and in Their Official Capacity as Deputy Sheriff of Whitfield County, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Genevieve L. Fraizer, Office of Genevieve L. Frazier, Rome, GA, for Appellants.

Joel G. Pieper, Jessie C. Fontenot, Jr., Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Atlanta, GA, Terry Eugene Williams, Williams, Morris & Waymire, Kristina Hammer Blum, Terry E. Williams, & Associates, P.C., Buford, GA, for Appellees.

Before CARNES, FAY and ALARCÓN, Circuit Judges.


FAY, Circuit Judge:

This action arises out of the death of Melinda Neal Fairbanks following her arrest by deputies of the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office. The administrators of Fairbanks' estate brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim along with various state law claims against the deputies in their official and individual capacities. The administrators also asserted a state law wrongful death claim against Taser International, Inc. and DGG Taser and Tactical Supply...

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