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SIMS v. CITY OF JASPER, TEXAS

No. 23-40369.

117 F.4th 283 (2024)

Frances Earline SIMS, Individually and as dependent administrator of the Estate of Steven Mitchell Qualls, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF JASPER, TEXAS; Toderick D. Griffin; Sterling Ramon Linebaugh; Heather Rene O'Dell; Joshua L. Hadnot, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 28, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce K. Thomas (argued), Law Office of Bruce K. Thomas, Dallas, TX, Jennifer Kingaard, Thomas Dean Malone, Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William S. Helfand (argued), Norman Ray Giles, Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Frank David Calvert, Calvert Eaves Clarke & Stelly, L.L.P., Beaumont, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Southwick, Haynes, and Graves, Circuit Judges.

This appeal requires us to decide whether a district court abused its discretion in refusing to bifurcate the liability and damages phases of trial. The Plaintiff, individually and as dependent administrator of her son's estate, sued the City of Jasper, Texas, and certain police officers after her son died while...

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