MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The claims brought forth by Wrestler Jerry Lawler regarding his son’s in-custody suicide at the Hardeman County Jail were officially dismissed, according to the Hardeman County Sheriff’s Office.
Brian Lawler was booked into the Hardeman County Jail in Bolivar on July 7, 2018, on DUI charges, evading arrest, and driving with a revoked license. The sheriff’s office said he later committed suicide in jail.
Jerry Lawler filed a wrongful death lawsuit against officials in Hardeman County one year after his son’s death. He was seeking $3 million in compensatory and an undetermined amount in punitive damages.
Jerry Lawler files lawsuit after son’s death in Tennessee jail
In September 2022, the district court denied claims against county Sheriff Doolen and Leonard Brown but claims against Judy Wiggins, Ellen Futrell, and William Gonzalez were not denied.
The original court’s ruling was reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. They claimed that Wiggins, Futrell, and Gonzalez had qualified immunity that protected them from being sued.
All of Jerry Lawler’s claims regarding his son’s death in the county jail have been dismissed by the court as a result.
The lawsuit claimed that Hardeman County authorities did not get Brian Lawler treatment for drug and alcohol issues and, after he was injured in a fight, they put him in solitary confinement, where he used his shoelaces and bolts in his cell to commit suicide.
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