Legal Opinion
Parker v. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 11, 1989No. Nos. 86-7233, 86-7369PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from a jury award of compensatory and punitive damages and attorney’s fees on claims brought under state tort laws and 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 against Macon County, Alabama; Lucius Amerson, the former sheriff of the county; and James Williams, the chief jailer of the county jail. The county and the sheriff appealed. We withdraw our initial opinion, 855 F.2d 763 (1988), and substitute this opinion. We reverse the judgments against the county and the sheriff.
I. Background
Lolita Parker spent the night of June 30, 1984, in the Macon County jail after she hit a…
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