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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Chambers grants in part the motions to dismiss by the City of Huntington, Cabell County Commission, Cabell County Emergency Medical Services, and Cabell County Sheriff Chuck Zerkle from a Huntington couple's suit brought as executors of their daughter's estate. The couple claimed first responders violated the daughter's civil rights when they refused to have her evaluated after expressing thoughts of suicide, which she acted on later that day. After finding the couple failed to provide any facts as to how any of the defendants violated her rights to due process, the City's motion is granted on the other counts of state constitutional violations, tort of outrage and reckless infliction of emotional distress, ordinary and/or professional negligence, and disability discrimination under both the West Virginia Human Rights and the American's with Disabilities acts since they owed the daughter no "special relationship." While dismissing the Commission and CCEMS from the state law and constitutional claims, the couple have provided enough plausible facts to demonstrate Zerkle's policy of not responding to mental hygiene calls on Sundays discriminates against those with mental Illnesses.