Legal Opinion
Woloszyn v. County of Lawrence
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 28, 2005No. 03-2390PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEE, Circuit Judge.
We are asked to review the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of individual and municipal defendants in a suit brought pursuant 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Pennsylvania’s Wrongful Death and Survival statutes, 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. §§ 8301, 8302. The suit arises from the jailhouse suicide of a pre-trial detainee. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm.
I. FACTS
On July 21, 1999, Richard Lee Wolosz-yn, Jr., was arrested by local police after attempting to burglarize a private residence in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. The officers took Woloszyn to the…
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