Gillam v. Lloyd

Plaintiff, Mary Gillam, personal representative of the estate of Robert Gillam, deceased, appeals as of right from a directed verdict in favor of defendant Celeste Nostrand and from a jury verdict of no cause of action in favor of defendants Dennis M. Lloyd, D.O., P.C., and the Genesee County Board of Commissioners. We affirm.

Robert Gillam, plaintiff’s decedent, was an inmate at the Genesee County Jail when he died on April 11, 1982, from a perforated ulcer and resulting peritonitis. Plaintiff filed this suit in September of 1982, alleging negligence as to defendant Nostrand, Gillam’s…