Legal Opinion
Fields v. Abbott
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 30, 2011No. 10-2805PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
In 2004, Vickie Fields was employed as a jailer in Miller County, Missouri. While at work one evening in July of that year, Fields was seriously injured by two inmates who took her hostage and attacked her after she honored their request to visit the jail’s law library.
Fields filed a civil rights action against Miller County, its sheriff, three of its county commissioners, and several other defendants to recover for her injuries. All of the defendants moved for summary judgment, including the Miller County sheriff and the Miller County commissioners (collectively, the…
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