Legal Opinion
Andrew Ellsworth Morgan v. District of Columbia, (Two Cases)
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 21, 1987No. 85-5331, 85-5709PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge STARR.
MIKVA, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a jury verdict that awarded Andrew Ellsworth Morgan, a former inmate of the District of Columbia Jail (the Jail), $75,000 in damages for injuries he sustained in a fight with another inmate while incarcerated at the Jail. Morgan had sued the District of Columbia, alleging negligence and violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the District’s failure to protect him from his aggressor. Morgan’s claims were premised largely on severe overcrowding at the Jail. At…
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