Custodial Suicide Claim Fails: Court’s Rationale Suspect
Author: Fred Cohen .
Source: Volume 15, Number 01, May/June 2013 , pp.1-2(2)
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Abstract:
A case where decedent, Maureen Bearden, had a long and known history of suicidality shows just how difficult it is for plaintiffs to prevail in federal court on a custodial suicide claim.Keywords: Bearden v. McKeithen, 2012 WL 3938255, suicide attempts, deliberate indifference
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