U.S. appeals court: medical care wrongful death.

• Position: Failure to Protect

Graham ex rel. Estate v. County of Washtenaw, 358 F.3d 377 (6th Cir. 2004). The estate of an arrestee, who died after secretly ingesting cocaine upon his arrest, brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that a county policy regarding provision of medical care to prisoners in the county jail contributed to the arrestee's death. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the county and the estate appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the county policy of giving responsibility for the provision of medical care to its contractual medical provider, was not the cause of the alleged...