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PERKINS v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Civ. A. No. 90-4636.

766 F.Supp. 313 (1991)

Jeanette PERKINS, Administratrix of the Estate of Sandra Elaine Lindsay, Deceased v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA and Kevin M. Tucker, Individually and as Commissioner of the City of Philadelphia Police Department, and Lieutenant Leiper, and Detective Cannon, and Detective Vales, and Julio Aponte, and Sergeant Detective Julius Armstrong.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

May 23, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Perloff, Fredric D. Rubin, Neil, Perloff & Associates, Philadephia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Randall D. Simmons, Alan C. Ostrow, City of Philadelphia, Law Dept., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

VAN ANTWERPEN, District Judge.

This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action with pendent state claims of negligence has arisen in the aftermath of the unspeakable crimes committed by serial killer Gary Heidnik ("Heidnik"). Plaintiff Perkins, mother of decedent, Sarah Lindsay, asserts deprivation of due process, unequal protection of the law, and inadequate police investigation proximately caused the death of her daughter, a mentally handicapped young woman, abducted...

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