Shaw v. Coosa County Com'n.

• Position: Violation of civil rights - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

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Shaw v. Coosa County Com'n., 330 F.Supp.2d 1285 (M.D.Ala. 2004). The daughter and the administratrix of an estate brought a civil rights action against a county, sheriff and other persons after her father died while in jail. The district court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss, in part. The court held that the plaintiff stated a claim against the county for an alleged breach of duty to provide adequate funding for medical treatment of, and...