Legal Opinion
Sherry Luckert v. Dodge County
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 22, 2012No. 11-1178PublishedCited by 258 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Troy Sampson committed suicide while detained at the Dodge County Jail (DCJ) in Fremont, Nebraska. Sampson’s mother, Sherry Luckert, acting as the personal representative of Sampson’s estate, sued Dodge County and jail officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming they were deliberately indifferent to Sampson’s medical needs, violating his due process rights. A jury found Dodge County and DCJ’s director and nurse (collectively, appellants) liable and awarded Luckert actual and punitive damages. The district court denied the appellants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law,…
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