United States Eleventh Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's wrongful death claim is reversed where a genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether defendant was deliberately indifferent to a strong likelihood that plaintiff would commit suicide while in custody.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/16/2005
• Published 08/17/2005

Judges

• PRYOR, Circuit Judge:, Before CARNES and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and FORRESTER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey W. Bennitt, Jeff W. Bennitt & Associates, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Edward Gordon Hawkins, Hawkins Law Firm, LLC, Mobile, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas O. Gaillard, III, Lawrence McCown Wettermark, Galloway, Smith, Wettermark & Everest, LLP, Mobile, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.