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Psychologist Not Qualifiedly Immune in Prisoner Suicide Suit

by John E. Dannenberg


The Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that a prison psychologist's awareness of a prisoner's potential for suicide was sufficient to defeat the psychologist's qualified immunity defense in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 wrongful death civil rights action brought by the prisoner's estate.


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