Legal Opinion
Hott Ex Rel. Estate of Hott v. Hennepin County
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 14, 2001No. 00-3595PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.
Joyce Hott, plaintiff, appeals from the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment in her suit for damages stemming from the suicide of her son during his pre-trial detention at the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center (ADC). We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.
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The body of Philip Edward Hott (Hott) was discovered by a deputy in his cell at the ADC shortly after 5:30 a.m. on January 21, 1996. Hott had constructed a noose from torn bed sheets and hanged himself from the guard rail on the unoccupied top bunk. A second broken bed-sheet noose was found…
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