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FIELDS v. ABBOTT

No. 10-2805.

652 F.3d 886 (2011)

Vickie FIELDS, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Bill ABBOTT, et al., Defendants/Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 30, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall V. Wilson, Berry Wilson, LLC, Jefferson City, MO, argued ( Michael G. Berry, on the brief), for appellants.

Lynette M. Petruska, Pleban & Petruska Law, LLC, Jefferson City, MO, argued ( C. John Pleban, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, GILMAN, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

In 2004, Vickie Fields was employed as a jailer in Miller County, Missouri. While at work one evening in July of that year, Fields was seriously injured by two inmates who took her hostage and attacked her after she honored their request to visit the jail's law library.

Fields filed a civil rights action against Miller County, its sheriff, three of its county commissioners, and several other...

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