Legal Opinion
Turquitt v. Jefferson County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 25, 1998No. 96-6333PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
We took this case on an interlocutory appeal to decide whether an Alabama county can be held liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for injuries befalling a county jail inmate arising from the sheriffs management of the jail. For the reasons outlined below, we hold that it cannot.
I. BACKGROUND
On July 29, 1995, while he was a pre-trial detainee in the county jail of Jefferson County, Alabama, Philip Turquitt (“Turquitt”) was fatally injured in a fight with another inmate, who was a convicted felon, in the dayroom of the jail. The administratrix of Turquitt’s estate (“Plaintiff”)…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Turquitt v. Jefferson CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
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