Farnworth v. Ratliff

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in an attorney malpractice ease. Neal Famworth argues the district judge improperly issued summary judgment for the defendants, Terry Ratliff and Lawrence Kirkendall, because genuine issues of material fact existed.concerning the nature of the conduct by Canyon County jail employees.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On April 6, 1994, while Farnworth was an inmate at the Canyon County jail, he was attacked by a fellow inmate, Shawn Sehwin. Schwin knocked Famworth down a flight of concrete stairs and Farnworth suffered…