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Date: 12-09-2022
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Tiana Hill v. Clayton County, et al.
Case Number: 1:21-cv-5300
Judge: Thomas W. Thrash, Jr.
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Fulton County)
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Defendant's Attorney: Not available.
Description: Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories.
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Beginning in September 2019, the Plaintiff, Tiana Hill, alleged that she was detained at the Clayton County Jail (“Jail”) for a violation of probation and for a pending criminal charge. Upon her admission to the Jail, Hill informed the Jail staff that she was pregnant, which was noted on her intake documentation. Hill claimed that on numerous occasions between September and December 2019, she asked for prenatal care for herself and her unborn child but that she received no such care.
Hill claimed on December 28, 2019, that she “informed the jail staff that she was bleeding vaginally, that she was pregnant, and that she needed medical care” but that she was denied that care. Then, on December 29, Hill alleged that she went into labor in her jail cell and that when she pleaded to be taken to the hospital, the Jail staff told her that she was not pregnant and to go back into her cell. After being denied the medical care she requested, Hill claimed that it was not until her fellow detainees began banging on the walls and doors of their cells to get the jail staff's attention that Hill was taken to the jail infirmary. Hill requested that she be taken to a hospital or another medical facility more suitable for labor and child delivery, but her request was denied.
Ultimately, Hill gave birth in the jail infirmary the following day on December 30. Tragically, the baby, D.H., died on January 3, 2020. As a result, Hill now brings constitutional and state law claims against Clayton County, the Clayton County Board of Commissioners, Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, CorrectHealth Clayton, LLC, Dr. Charles Clopton, and various unnamed “John Doe” Defendants.
Outcome: The Medical Defendants and the County Defendants filed motions to dismissed.
The Medical Defendants' Motion to Dismiss was GRANTED, and the County Defendants' Motion to Dismiss was granted in part and denied in part. The County Defendants' Motion to Dismiss was GRANTED as to: the claims against the John Doe Defendants; all claims against the Board; the Fourth Amendment and state law claims against the County; all claims against Sheriff Hill in his official capacity; the Fourth Amendment and state law claims against Sheriff Hill in
official capacity; the Fourth Amendment and state law claims against Sheriff Hill in his individual capacity; and the claims for punitive damages against the County and Sheriff Hill in his official capacity. The County Defendants' Motion to Dismiss was denied as to: the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment claims against the County and Sheriff Hill in his individual capacity; the claim for punitive damages against Sheriff Hill in his individual capacity; and the claim for attorney's fees.
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Defendant's Attorney: Not available.
Description: Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories.
Beginning in September 2019, the Plaintiff, Tiana Hill, alleged that she was detained at the Clayton County Jail (“Jail”) for a violation of probation and for a pending criminal charge. Upon her admission to the Jail, Hill informed the Jail staff that she was pregnant, which was noted on her intake documentation. Hill claimed that on numerous occasions between September and December 2019, she asked for prenatal care for herself and her unborn child but that she received no such care.
Hill claimed on December 28, 2019, that she “informed the jail staff that she was bleeding vaginally, that she was pregnant, and that she needed medical care” but that she was denied that care. Then, on December 29, Hill alleged that she went into labor in her jail cell and that when she pleaded to be taken to the hospital, the Jail staff told her that she was not pregnant and to go back into her cell. After being denied the medical care she requested, Hill claimed that it was not until her fellow detainees began banging on the walls and doors of their cells to get the jail staff's attention that Hill was taken to the jail infirmary. Hill requested that she be taken to a hospital or another medical facility more suitable for labor and child delivery, but her request was denied.
Ultimately, Hill gave birth in the jail infirmary the following day on December 30. Tragically, the baby, D.H., died on January 3, 2020. As a result, Hill now brings constitutional and state law claims against Clayton County, the Clayton County Board of Commissioners, Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, CorrectHealth Clayton, LLC, Dr. Charles Clopton, and various unnamed “John Doe” Defendants.
Outcome: The Medical Defendants and the County Defendants filed motions to dismissed.
The Medical Defendants' Motion to Dismiss was GRANTED, and the County Defendants' Motion to Dismiss was granted in part and denied in part. The County Defendants' Motion to Dismiss was GRANTED as to: the claims against the John Doe Defendants; all claims against the Board; the Fourth Amendment and state law claims against the County; all claims against Sheriff Hill in his official capacity; the Fourth Amendment and state law claims against Sheriff Hill in
official capacity; the Fourth Amendment and state law claims against Sheriff Hill in his individual capacity; and the claims for punitive damages against the County and Sheriff Hill in his official capacity. The County Defendants' Motion to Dismiss was denied as to: the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment claims against the County and Sheriff Hill in his individual capacity; the claim for punitive damages against Sheriff Hill in his individual capacity; and the claim for attorney's fees.
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