Legal Opinion
Swietlowich v. County of Bucks
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 5, 1979No. 79-1243PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in this civil rights case alleges that compliance by police officers with their duty to look in on prisoners periodically would have prevented her husband’s suicide in a jail cell. Following instructions that did not adequately explain that the limitations period may have been suspended if police assertions of vigilance *1161were untrue, the jury found the suit to be time-barred. Because the statute may be tolled for those who ask not and are deceived, as well as for those who are misled after asking, we remand for a new trial.
Plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Virginia J. Barry Melville v. American Home Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by66 opinions
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