Legal Opinion
Kaucher v. County of Bucks
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 2, 2006No. 05-1598PublishedCited by 416 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Chief Judge.
John Kaucher, a corrections officer at the Bucks County Correctional Facility, and his wife, Dawn Kaucher, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the County of Bucks and several County employees responsible for the operation of the Correctional Facility, alleging a violation of their substantive due process rights. The Kauchers contend they contracted Methici-lin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections as a result of defendants’ conscience-shocking behavior in creating unsanitary and dangerous conditions at the jail. The District Court concluded…
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