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Custodial Suicide Claim Fails: Court’s Rationale Suspect  


Author:  Fred Cohen .


Source: Volume 15, Number 01, May/June 2013 , pp.1-2(2)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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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

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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