Legal Opinion
A.H. v. St. Louis County, Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 4, 2018No. 17-1198; 17-1393PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
*724 While confined at the St. Louis County Justice Center (the Jail), Jereme Hartwig committed suicide by hanging himself with a bed sheet in his cell. Hartwig's three children and his mother (Plaintiffs) filed an action against St. Louis County; Dr. Wendy Magnoli, the Jail's clinical psychologist; corrections officer Lauren Abate; and Herbert Bernsen, Director of the St. Louis County Department of Justice Services. Plaintiffs asserted claims of Fourteenth Amendment violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ; wrongful death under Missouri law, Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.080 ; and…
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