BUTTERFIELD v. GRAY

No. COA20-218.

866 S.E.2d 296 (2021)

2021-NCCOA-523

Connie BUTTERFIELD and Tracie Caveness as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Todd L. Caveness, Plaintiffs, v. Haylee GRAY, RN, Southern Health Partners, Inc., Vickie Shaw, R.T. Adcock, Sheriff Calvin Woodard, Jr., Wilson County, and Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed October 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abrams and Abrams, P.A., Raleigh, by Douglas B. Abrams and Noah B. Abrams , and Henson & Fuerst, Raleigh, by Rachel A. Fuerst , for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Womble Bond Dickinson (US), LLP, Winston-Salem, by Bradley O. Wood , for Defendants-Appellants Vickie Shaw, R.T. Adcock, Sheriff Calvin Woodard, Jr., and Wilson County.

Crumley Roberts, LLP, Greensboro, by Karonnie R. Truzy , for Amicus Curiae, North Carolina Advocates for Justice.


¶ 1 This appeal arises from the death of Todd Caveness while in the custody of the Wilson County Detention Center. Following Caveness' death, Connie Butterfield and Tracie Caveness, as the co-administrators of his estate ("Plaintiffs"), sued Vickie Shaw and R.T. Adcock, in their individual capacities and in their official capacities...

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