BAYS v. MONTMORENCY COUNTY

Nos. 16-2761/17-1215.

874 F.3d 264 (2017)

Barbara BAYS and Jeffrey Bays, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Shane Bays, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MONTMORENCY COUNTY, Mich., et al., Defendants, Donna Sigler, R.N., Defendant-Appellant. Barbara Bays and Jeffrey Bays, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Shane Bays, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Montmorency County, Mich., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Douglas J. Curlew , CUMMINGS, MCCLOREY, DAVIS & ACHO, P.L.C., Livonia, Michigan, for Appellant in 16-2761 and Appellees in 17-1215. Matt L. Turner , SOMMERS SCHWARTZ, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Appellees in 16-2761 and Appellants in 17-1215. ON BRIEF: Douglas J. Curlew , CUMMINGS, MCCLOREY, DAVIS & ACHO, P.L.C., Livonia, Michigan, for Appellant in 16-2761 and Appellees in 17-1215. Matt L. Turner , Ramona C. Howard , SOMMERS SCHWARTZ, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Appellees in 16-2761 and Appellants in 17-1215.

Before: CLAY, ROGERS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In the spring of 2013, Shane Bays walked into the Montmorency County Jail to await trial for driving a car with a suspended license. While there, he described symptoms of a mental illness to Donna Sigler, the jail nurse. Several weeks after arriving, he killed himself. In response, Shane's parents filed this...

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