DEVEREUX v. KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE

No. 19-6071.

15 F.4th 388 (2021)

Brian B. DEVEREUX; Renee Devereux, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David S. Wigler , KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Richard Everett Collins, II , STANLEY, KURTZ & COLLINS, PLLC, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: David S. Wigler , KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Richard Everett Collins, II , STANLEY, KURTZ & COLLINS, PLLC, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: BATCHELDER, GRIFFIN, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Brian Devereux suffered a major stroke during or around the period of his custody by Knox County for misdemeanor first-time DUI. Corrections officers were in and out of the holding cell where he sat motionless for several hours but did not provide medical attention until it was too late to mitigate...

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