Popham v. City of Talladega

The plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment for the defendants in a lawsuit arising out of a Christmas Eve 1987 suicide in the Talladega city jail. Kathy Roberts Popham, as administratrix of the estate of Ronnie Edward Popham, deceased, first filed a complaint in a federal court against the City of Talladega, Police Chief Mike Hamlin, Officer Randy (Ronnie) Jones, Officer Mark Williams, Mayor George Montgomery, and council members Robert Duncan, Edith Sims, Charles Miller, and Ken Payne.

Her federal court complaint stated a claim under Alabama's Wrongful Death Statute, Ala. Code 1975, §…