Legal Opinion
Freedman v. City of Allentown
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 10, 1988No. 87-1070PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
This is the second time this year that we must consider whether plaintiffs have pled a viable claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 based on a jailhouse suicide. In Colburn v. Upper Darby Township, 838 F.2d 663 (3d Cir.1988), we held that in light of the allegations of the complaint and those that were proffered in the memorandum opposing dismissal, plaintiff was entitled to a reasonable amount of discovery to help her make the necessary showing to prove her case. We now must examine the allega*1113tions in this case and decide the effect of Colburn on the…
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