Legal Opinion
Rushing v. Wayne County
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 1990No. 74724, (Calendar No. 1)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrickley, J.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff-appellant Linda Rushing appeals from the Court of Appeals affirmance of the trial court’s grant of a directed verdict in favor of defendantappellee Wayne County. Ms. Rushing claims that the county was liable under 42 USC 1983 for constitutional deprivations she allegedly sustained while a pretrial detainee at the Wayne County Jail. In particular, Ms. Rushing alleged that she was detained in a seminaked state for four days and exposed to repeated observation by members of the opposite sex during her detention. We believe that a reasonable jury could have found that the…
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