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Dismissal of Suit Against Alabama County for Juvenile Suicide Reversed by The Supreme Court of Alabama held that a circuit court erred when it dismissed a suit against the county stemming from a juvenile's death in county jail. Charles Keeton brought suit against Fayette County on behalf of his juvenile …
Article • May 15, 2007
Minnesota Supreme Court: Comparative Fault Analysis Inappropriate in Jail Suicide Case by Minnesota Supreme Court: Comparative Fault Analysis Inappropriate in Jail Suicide Case by Matthew T. Clarke The Minnesota Supreme Court (MSC) has held that it is inappropriate to perform a comparative fault analysis in the case of a prisoner …
California-Based Prison Supplier Awarded $2,250,000 For Fraud, Unfair Competition by California-Based Prison Supplier Awarded $2,250,000 For Fraud, Unfair Competition On April 30, 2002, a federal jury in San Jose, California, awarded Ferguson Safety Products (FSP)--a small Santa Cruz based manufacturer of jail and prison supplies--$2,250,000 against Defendant Bob Barker Company …
Article • May 15, 2007
Deliberate Indifference to Strong Likelihood that Prisoner Will Commit Suicide Implicates Eighth Amendment by Deliberate Indifference to Strong Likelihood that Prisoner Will Commit Suicide Implicates Eighth Amendment Stephanie Poiroux Snow committed suicide while in the Citronelle, Alabama jail for drunk driving. Her estate sued city officials and jailers in the …
Article • May 15, 2007
$440,000 Paid in Pennsylvania Detainee's Suicide by A Pennsylvania federal district court held that guards at the Philadelphia Detention Center can be liable for their acts and omissions in a pretrial detainee's hanging death. While at the Detention Center, Patrick Gaudreau exhibited behavior that resulted in him being involuntarily committed …
Article • May 15, 2007
California County Pays $400,000 For Mentally Ill Prisoner's Suicide by On July 13, 2001, Contra Costa County, California, agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a federal wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the suicide of a mentally ill prisoner in the county jail. In 1999, Kyle Kentera, a 32-year-old man with …
CCA Settles Wrongful Death Suit in Texas For $60,000 by In 1998, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $60,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the father of a prisoner who died from a drug overdose at a CCA-operated prison. Hugh Wayne Martin, a Texas state prisoner, was transferred to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Michigan Doctor's Termination of Prisoner's Suicide Watch Upheld by On March 2, 1995, Billy Montgomery was on suicide watch in a Michigan prison. He was interviewed by Norris McCrary, a prison psychologist, who, without reviewing his file, found that Montgomery no longer needed to be on suicide watch. McCrary had …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Prisoner Suicide Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Settled for Deliberate Indifference by Prisoner Suicide Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Settled for Deliberate Indifference A federal district court in Maine has dismissed claims of deliberate indifference against two Somerset County Deputy Sheriffs in a lawsuit filed by Mary Martin, personal representative of the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Alabama Jail Still not Liable for Suicides by The plaintiff, a crack addict with a history of suicidal ideation and other psychiatric problems, was arrested for shoplifting and behaved in a deranged fashion. Once locked up, she calmed down, but then starting tearing up her mattress and tied part of …
Article • May 15, 2007
Stripping Detainees Naked for Hours States Claim by The plaintiffs are arrestees who refused to answer suicide screening questions. They were treated as posing a suicide risk and were placed in a cell completely naked for periods from 6 to 18 hours, subjected to video surveillance and in most cases …
Article • May 15, 2007
SD Prison Officials Not Liable for Suicide by The decedent committed suicide. About 10:30 that morning, he asked his case manager if he could make a phone call, but he wasn't on the authorized list for that day. He made an unauthorized call to his ex-wife and said he was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Suicide Suits Must be Filed by Decedent's Estate by The plaintiff sued the Sheriff because her son committed suicide in his jail. She sued in her own behalf and not as representative of her son's estate. The plaintiff does not have standing to assert her son's rights and recover for …
Article • May 15, 2007
Alabama Jail Not Liable for Suicide by Here's another cookie-cutter jail suicide case. The decedent, who had twice before tried to kill himself and had been placed on suicide watch during his previous stays in the jail, was arrested for DUI, driving without a license, and possession of drugs and …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Jail Not Liable in Suicide Case by The decedent committed suicide in jail and his estate brought state tort and federal constitutional claims. Under Virginia law, an adult detainee who hanged himself committed common law suicide, and the estate could not recover on wrongful death and gross negligence claims unless …
Article • May 15, 2007
Report Not Admissible in TN Jail Suicide Suit by The decedent hanged himself in jail. The Sheriff said to the press that a sergeant saw him put the sheet around his neck, and the court earlier said that "this evidence, if proven" could support a deliberate indifference claim. However, the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Nebraska Sheriff Liable for Jail Suicide by The plaintiff called 911 in a state of despondency; the police arrived, he said he would kill himself if he was arrested, so the police arrested him, brought him to jail, and placed him in an isolation cell and gave him a blanket, …
Article • May 15, 2007
No One Liable in Jail Suicide of 16 Year Old by The plaintiff's 16-year-old grandson committed suicide in jail. He was placed in an observation cell and got lots of attention; after months he seemed better and was placed in general population after signing a "no-harm contract" pledging not to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Michigan Jail Not Liable for Suicide by The decedent was admitted to jail drunk and hanged himself with a telephone cord within two hours. To recover, the plaintiff must show (1) that he demonstrated a strong likelihood of taking his life, and (2) that defendants acted with deliberate indifference to …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Qualified Immunity for Suicide of Utah Prisoner by The police captain who arrested the decedent was told by several people that he was a suicide risk; he said he had contemplated suicide but decided against it; the captain said he concluded the decedent was not a suicide risk. However, …
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