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A.H. v. LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT

2018-SC-0359-DG 2019-SC-0158-DG.

612 S.W.3d 902 (2020)

A.H. and H.H., the Minor Children of James Hatcher by and Through Heidi Gallo, Mother, Guardian, Next Friend and Administratrix of the Estate of James Hatcher, Appellants v. LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT; Tom Campbell, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Acting Jailer and Director of Louisville Metro Department of Corrections; Corizon, LLC, Formerly Known as Corizon, Inc., Formerly Known as Correctional Medical Services, Inc.; Lorie Hatcher; and Jennifer Reese, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 17, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS: Andrew John Horne , Horne Law Office.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEES, LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT AND TOM CAMPBELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ACTING JAILER AND DIRECTOR OF LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: Ivan Joel Frockt , Michael J. O'Connell , Louisville, Jefferson County Attorney's Office.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEES, CORIZON, LLC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CORIZON, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.; LORIE HATCHER; AND JENNIFER REESE: David Sean Ragland , Louisville, Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett, PLC.

Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 71.040 requires jailers to treat inmates humanely. When James Hatcher died within 24 hours of entering custody of the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC), his children and their mother, acting as Administratrix of Hatcher's Estate (collectively Gallo), filed suit...

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