Laganiere v. The County of Olmsted, No. 14-1088 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, the trustee of Cody Laganiere's estate, filed suit against ADC and others under 42 U.S.C. 1983 after Cody was found dead in his cell from a methadone overdose. Plaintiff alleged that defendants deliberately disregarded Laganiere's medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The court affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendants, concluding that there was no evidence that defendants knew Laganiere suffered serious side effects from methadone but deliberately disregarded the issue; the supervisor did not fail to train the detention deputy; and because plaintiff failed to show that any officer deliberately disregarded plaintiff's medical needs, ADC and the county are not liable.
Court Description: Civil Case - civil rights. Grant of summary judgment to detention center, county and detention center employees on claim of deliberate indifference to serious medical needs following the death from a methadone overdose is affirmed. Record does not support that detention officer knew Laganiere experienced side effects or deliberately disregarded the risk, that supervisor failed to train or that detention center or county was liable.
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