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committed. The lower court should have considered the
defendants’ duty to provide reasonable safety for the decedent
under a heightened Fourteenth Amendment standard. Under
this legal standard, there clearly was a genuine issue of
material fact with regard to some of the defendants which
could lead a rational fact finder to find in Terrance’s favor:
whether the actions and inactions of the named defendants
were based upon accepted professional judgment. The facts
in this case could likely support a finding that one or more
defendants committed a substantial departure from accepted
professional judgment. Thus, the district court’s grant of
summary judgment in defendants’ favor was erroneous.
Accordingly, we find that is necessary upon remand for the
district court to conduct a trial on plaintiff’s claims against
each named defendant under the Fourteenth Amendment
standard as outlined in this opinion as the lower court has not
yet considered the decedent’s due process rights under this
standard.
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