Legal Opinion
Ruth Leshore, Etc. v. County of Worcester
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 1, 1991No. 90-1396PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
The appellant’s son, Jimmy Leshore, committed suicide while awaiting trial in the Worcester House of Correction, Worcester, Massachusetts. The appellant, Ruth Leshore, brought this action in the district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the County of Worcester, the county sheriff and a county correctional officer, alleging that her son’s suicide had been caused by the deliberate indifference of the defendants. After a jury trial, a verdict was returned for the defendants. Ms. Le-shore then appealed, contending that the district court erred in removing a…
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