Legal Opinion
McCall ex rel. Estate of McCall v. Reed
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 2, 2015No. Civil Action No. 1:11cv559-MHTPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
As the administratrix of the estate of decedent Jonathan McCall, the plaintiff brought this lawsuit against defendants Houston County Jail Administrator Keith Reed, Corrections Deputy James West, and Licensed Practical Nurse Ashley Kennedy. The plaintiff asserted both a federal claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (that the defendants’ deliberate indifference to decedent McCall’s serious medical needs caused his death in the Houston County Jail, in violation of the United States Constitution) and a state wrongful-death claim. Subject-matter jurisdiction…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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