CANTU v. CITY OF DOTHAN, ALABAMA

No. 18-15071.

974 F.3d 1217 (2020)

Christopher CANTU, as the Administrator of the Estate of Robert Earl Lawrence, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DOTHAN, ALABAMA, Greg Benton, in his individual capacity, Chris Summerlin, in his individual capacity, Adrianne Woodruff, in her individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tillman J. Breckenridge , Breckenridge, PLLC, Washington, DC, Hillary L. Kody , The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, William S. Morris , Morris Cary Andrews Talmadge & Driggers, LLC, Dothan, AL, Henry F. Sherrod, III , Henry F. Sherrod III, PC, Florence, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Freddie Lenton White, II , Joe Evans Herring, Jr. , Dothan City Attorney's Office, Dothan, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ROSENBAUM and ED CARNES, Circuit Judges, and VINSON, District Judge.


When Rick Bragg wrote about "a gothic story" in which "you can see the bad luck tumbling, as if the devil himself had shaved the dice,"1 he was talking about his father's tragic life, but those words could also describe Robert Earl Lawrence's effort to help a stray dog he found in a Walmart...

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