Legal Opinion
Bell v. Stigers
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1991No. 90-2203PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Francis Stigers appeals from judgment of the District Court1 denying his motion for summary judgment. Stigers is a defendant in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) action resulting from a detainee’s suicide attempt at the Washington County Jail, where Stig-ers worked as a jailer. For reasons stated below, we reverse the decision of the District Court.
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Stigers was on duty at the Washington County Jail on the night of November 6, 1987, when 18-year old Sam H. Bell was arrested for drunk driving. After failing a field sobriety test, Bell was taken into custody and brought to the jail…
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