Stroup v. Oedekoven

LEHMAN, Chief Justice.

After an inmate committed suicide while in the custody of the Campbell County Detention Center, his survivors instituted this wrongful death action against the Campbell County Sheriff. A four-day bench trial resulted in judgment for the sheriff. In this appeal, the survivors assert that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to grant a jury trial even though their demand for jury trial was over four months tardy. In addition, although the district court found the decedent’s fault to be 0%, they contend that the decedent’s intentional conduct in committing…