Legal Opinion
Herer v. Burns
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided January 3, 1984No. Civ. A. 82-0080-HPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MICHAEL, District Judge.
This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for compensatory and punitive damages brought by relatives of Jeffrey Herer, an involuntarily committed patient at Western State Hospital (“Hospital”) in Staunton, Virginia. Plaintiffs assert a pendent wrongful death claim as well. Jeffrey Her-er died on July 27, 1981, after suffering a seizure while at the Hospital. Plaintiffs allege in their complaint that Jeffrey Her-er’s death was the direct result of willful, deliberate acts and omissions of Western State Hospital and three individual defendants.
The Hospital has…
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