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Tenth Circuit Affirms Suicide Verdict in Trentadue Case by The decedent, arrested for a traffic violation and found to have an outstanding warrant for federal parole violations, was sent to a federal prison for a parole violation hearing, asked for protective custody two days later, and was found in his …
New Trial Ordered Over Guard's Negligence In Texas Jail Prisoner's Suicide by Ricardo Alvarado's parents challenged a Texas State court's jury verdict clearing guards of negligence regarding his jail suicide. They claimed that the trial court erred in presenting evidence and in the submission of the charges. The court's ruling …
Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Suit Over Suicide At Indian Jail In Washington Settled For $700,000 by The family of a man who hanged himself in a Washington jail managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has settled with the federal government for $700,000, according to an announcement made on January 31, 2007. Although …
MO Jury Awards $781,000 in BOP Suicide by On July 7, 1998 a federal jury in Missouri awarded the estate of a federal prisoner $781,000. William Chilton was serving a 30 month sentence for bank fraud. When he entered the federal prison system he was taking Desryl and Xanax to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sheriff Liable for Guard Hiring in Suicide by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that a Montana sheriff was liable for hiring a deputy sheriff with a history of abusive violence towards prisoners. The hiring was the proximate cause of the suicide of a Native American jail …
JNOV New Trial Denied in Indiana Jail's Suicide Watch Policy by The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana denied motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) and for new trial in a case involving a jail's suicide watch policy. James L. Bird was confined in the Allen …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Parents of Jail Suicide Victim Have Familial Association Right by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the parents of an arrestee, who committed suicide while in the Helena (Montana) city jail, could maintain a claim, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, based upon a Fourteenth Amendment …
Article • May 15, 2007
$300,000 Settlement in Iowa Jail Detainee's Suicide by On March 21, 2003, the estate of David Price settled a lawsuit against the Black Hawk County jail in Iowa for $300,000. On December 17, 1997, Price hanged himself in his jail cell with a bed sheet. Price had been diagnosed as …
Survivors Win $1,825,000 in Wisconsin Prisoner Suicide Suit by The parents and estate of a Wisconsin state prisoner who committed suicide after being taken off of his anti-psychotic medication won a $1,825,000 jury award in Wisconsin federal court. Matthew Sanville, a 26 year-old Wisconsin state prisoner, was prosecuted for assaulting …
Doctor Granted Qualified Immunity in Texas Prisoner's Suicide by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held a psychiatrist at the Coffield Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections is entitled to qualified immunity in the suicide death of a prisoner. The prisoner had a history of psychological problems and was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Sheriff Deliberately Indifferent to Detainee Suicide Risk by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Bennett County, South Dakota, Sheriff Russell Waterbury was deliberately indifferent to the known suicide risk of a jail detainee. In October, 2001, Bill Turney was arrested on an outstanding warrant and lodged in the …
Negligence Claim Stated in Florida Jail Prisoner's Suicide by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld a Florida district court's grant of judgment as a matter of law on a claim of deliberate indifference to medical needs and a state tort claim of negligent supervision, training, and management in …
Guard's Liability for Florida Prisoner's Suicide Jury Question by By David M. Reutter A Florida Appeals Court held that a jury, not a judge, must determine if a guard at the Pinellas County Jail (PCJ) is entitled to sovereign immunity and qualified immunity. This case was before the court on …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sheriff Denied Qualified Immunity in Jail Suicide by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's denial of qualified immunity to the Lincoln County, Nebraska, Sheriff in a jail suicide case. On December 8, 2001, Lincoln County Officers responded to a 911 call from an emotionally despondent Dennis …
Texas County Liable in Juvenile's Jail Suicide by A Texas federal District Court held that Harris County can be held liable in the suicide of a teenager at the County's Juvenile Detention Westside Command Center, known as Delta 3 Boot Camp. The juvenile had threatened on several occasions over his …
$4,000 Award to IN Jail Prisoner Placed on Suicide Watch by The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana denied a motion by the Allen County, Indiana sheriff and two sheriff's deputies, defendants, for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or a new trial. A former county jail prisoner …
Article • May 15, 2007
Connecticut: Suit Over Prisoner's Suicide Settles for $450,000 by In this case published by the New England Jury Verdict Review & Analysis in February 1994, the estate and brother of a prisoner who committed suicide in the Southington, Connecticut, jail apparently settled their claims for $450,000. According to the plaintiffs, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington: Jail Suicide Results In $150,000 Award by On July 8, 2002, a jury in King County, Washington awarded $150,000 to the estate and daughter of a prisoner who committed suicide while imprisoned in the Auburn City Jail. Sandra Farms, 39, was arrested by Auburn City Police on January 6, …
Article • May 15, 2007
$7,000 Paid in WA Prisoner's Suicide by John Anthony Brown, a prisoner at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, hanged himself in his cell. His mother, Phyllis Brown, filed a tort claim pro se with the office of Risk Management alleging he was negligently supervised. On November 11, 2002, his …
Article • May 15, 2007
Oregon Architects Not Liable For Design Negligence In Detainee Suicide by Oregon state prisoner Paul Lyche committed suicide by hanging himself in a year old Washington County jail cell. Lyche's estate sued for negligence on the part of the architects. The federal district court granted summary judgment for the architects. …
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