Jimmy Letterman v. Steven Lammers

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Jimmy Lee and Annette Fay Letterman brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Missouri tort law against officers of the Missouri Department of Corrections (“Defendants”) for the death of their son while in custody. Three of the Defendants previously appealed the district court’s 1 order denying them qualified immunity, and we affirmed as to two of them. Letterman v. Does, 789 F.3d 856, 863-64 (8th Cir. 2015). Defendants now appeal a jury verdict in favor of the Lettermans. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. Background

In late 2011, Danial Letterman (“Danial”) began…