Legal Opinion
Cabrales v. County of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1988No. 87-6061, 87-6306 and 87-6371PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
Defendants-appellants County of Los An-geles and Ronald Black appeal from summary judgment and denial of their motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV). Josefina Cabrales, the mother of Sergio Alvarez Cabrales (decedent), brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the death of her son while he was a pretrial detainee in Los Angeles County jail under the command of appellant Ronald Black. The plaintiff claimed that the County and its employees at the jail were deliberately indifferent to her son’s medical needs and they were liable in damages for his…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by169 opinions
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