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ESTATE OF BELDEN v. BROWN COUNTY

No. 104,246.

261 P.3d 943 (2011)

The ESTATE OF Jeffrey Ray BELDEN, Marie Gaston, Administratrix, and Marie Gaston, Survivor and Heir of Jeffrey Ray Belden, Appellants, v. BROWN COUNTY, Kansas; The County Commissioners of Brown County, Kansas; Lamar Shoemaker, Individually and as Sheriff of Brown County, Kansas; Brett Hollister; and Brandon Roberts, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

August 26, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Laing, Jr. , of Kansas City, for appellants.

Carolyn L. Matthews , of Foulston Siefkin LLP, of Wichita, and Wendell F. Cowan , of Foulston Siefkin LLP, of Overland Park, for appellees.

Before GREENE, C.J., HILL and ATCHESON, JJ.

ATCHESON, J.

On August 14, 2002, Jeffrey Ray Belden died by his own hand while in custody at the Brown County jail. Belden had been held there for about 7 weeks awaiting trial. He was 21 years old. Over the past decade, Belden's heirs and his estate, suing through Belden's mother Marie Gaston, have pursued civil litigation against Brown County, the county sheriff, and several jail employees on the basis they failed to take legally required precautions that would have...

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