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FREEDMAN v. CITY OF ALLENTOWN, PA.

Civ. A. No. 86-4347.

651 F.Supp. 1046 (1987)

Albert FREEDMAN, Administrator of the Estate of Jerry Freedman, deceased, and Albert Freedman and Estelle Freedman v. CITY OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, David M. Howells, Sr., Gerald Monahan, Jr., Carl Balliet, George LaFaver, Robert Hendricks, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, and Frank Kroboth.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

January 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard N. Shapiro, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Alan M. Black, Allentown, Pa., Any Zapp, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, Senior District Judge.

This case arises from the unfortunate death by suicide of the plaintiff, Albert Freedman's decedent, Jerry Freedman, while in police custody at the Allentown city jail. Albert Freedman asserts a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim for violation of Fourteenth Amendment rights on behalf of Jerry Freedman's estate, as well as various pendent claims under Pennsylvania tort law. Also asserted is a claim for violation...

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