(Download) "Rich V. City Of Mayfield Heights" by United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Rich V. City Of Mayfield Heights
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 04, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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DUGGAN, District Judge. Plaintiff brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the defendant police officers and paramedics failed to properly screen Daniel Walczak for suicidal tendencies prior to incarcerating him at the Mayfield Heights City Jail, and for failing to provide him with proper emergency medical care in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. Plaintiff also sued the City of Mayfield Heights, Ohio ("the City"), and the City's Police Chief, Dominic Caprara ("Caprara"), for negligent training and hiring. All defendants sought summary judgment. Defendant police officers' summary judgment motion was based on the defense of qualified immunity. The district court granted partial summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's claim against the paramedics because there was no evidence they acted improperly. The court also dismissed, on the basis of qualified immunity, plaintiff's claim that the police officers failed to screen for suicidal tendencies. Plaintiff's claim against Caprara and the City for negligent training and hiring in connection with screening for suicidal tendencies was also dismissed "because of the [officers'] qualified immunity and because the right to be screened for suicidal tendencies did not constitute a constitutional right at the time of this incident." The district court, however, denied the police officers' summary judgment motion based upon qualified immunity as to plaintiff's claim that they failed to provide proper emergency medical treatment (i.e., deliberate indifference to medical needs), and denied the summary judgment motion brought by Caprara and City as to plaintiff's claim of improper hiring and training relative to the claim of deliberate indifference to medical needs.