Legal Opinion
Davis v. Holly
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 30, 1987No. 85-3769PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
This is a civil rights action brought against certain administrators and supervisors of a state mental hospital by a patient who claims that the defendants’ failure to perform their jobs in a proper manner led to her being raped by one of the hospital’s employees. The plaintiff also complains that the defendants allowed her to inflict numerous injuries on herself. The defendants’ alleged misconduct is claimed to have constituted a clear violation of the United States Constitution, to say nothing of the common law of Ohio. The trial court dismissed three of the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by41 opinions
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