GRIFFITH v. FRANKLIN COUNTY, KENTUCKY

Nos. 19-5378/5438/5439/5440.

975 F.3d 554 (2020)

Austin Christian GRIFFITH, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. FRANKLIN COUNTY, KENTUCKY and Huston Wells, Michael Turner, Fred Goins, Don Sturgeon, Scotty Tracy, Marti Booth, Lambert Moore, and Rick Rogers, in their individual capacities (19-5378 & 19-5439); Southern Health Partners, Inc. and Ronald Waldridge, MD, Jane Bartram, APRN, Heather Sherrow, RN, and Sabina Trevette, LPN, in their individual capacities (19-5378 & 19-5440); Brittany Mundine, RN, in her individual capacity (19-5378 & 19-5438), Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gregory A. Belzley , BELZLEY, BATHURST & BENTLEY, Prospect, Kentucky, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. D. Barry Stilz , KINKEAD & STILZ, PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, for Franklin County, Kentucky Appellees/Cross-Appellants. Robert A. Ott , REMINGER, CO., L.P.A., Louisville, Kentucky, for Southern Health Partners Appellees/Cross-Appellants. Margaret Jane Brannon , JACKSON KELLY PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Mundine. ON BRIEF: Gregory A. Belzley , BELZLEY, BATHURST & BENTLEY, Prospect, Kentucky, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. D. Barry Stilz , KINKEAD & STILZ, PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, for Franklin County, Kentucky Appellees/Cross-Appellants. Robert A. Ott , REMINGER, CO., L.P.A., Louisville, Kentucky, for Southern Health Partners Appellees/Cross-Appellants. Margaret Jane Brannon , Robert F. Duncan , JACKSON KELLY PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Mundine.

BUSH, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which MERRITT, J., joined, and CLAY, J., joined in part. CLAY, J. (pp. 585-96), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


OPINION

This case involves a tragic turn of events during Austin Griffith's pretrial detention at Franklin County Regional Jail ("FCRJ"). Griffith was arrested on November 8, 2015 after a failed robbery attempt, and he suffered a series of seizures six days into his...

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