SEMPLE v. CITY OF MOUNDSVILLE

No. 97-1708

195 F.3d 708 (1999)

Charles Lee SEMPLE, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Deborah Louise Semple, Deceased; Amanda Lone Suarez, a minor, by Charles Lee Semple, Jr., her grandfather and guardian; Angela Maria Suarez, a minor, by Charles Lee Semple, Jr., her grandfather and guardian; Theresa A. Semple, Administratrix of the Estate of Scott A. Semple, Deceased; Kermit Z. Garrison, Administrator of the Estate of James K. Garrison, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF MOUNDSVILLE, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jan Clovis Swensen, George Michael Kontos, Swenson & Perer, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Appellants. Joseph S.D. Christof, II, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Gail W. Kahle, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Before WIDENER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Senior Judge PHILLIPS joined.

OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

The present appeal arises out of a longstanding domestic dispute between Deborah Semple and Michael Suarez that resulted in a multiple homicide and suicide. Miss Semple was involved in a long-term relationship with Mr. Suarez; they had lived together for years. They had two children, Amanda Lone...

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