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Fifth Circuit Remands Jail Suicide Dismissal for Reconsideration

by Mark Wilson

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a jail suicide suit. The lower court failed to analyze whether factual disputes existed as to whether unconstitutional jail conditions contributed to the detainee’s death.

Texas nurse, mother and wife, Diana LaRoy Simpson, ...

 

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