United States Third Circuit

In a wrongful death suit involving the jailhouse suicide of a pre-trial detainee, summary judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where there was no evidence that the victim had a particular vulnerability to suicide.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/12/2004
• Decided 01/28/2005
• Published 01/28/2005

Judges

• Before: NYGAARD, McKEE and CHERTOFF, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles E. Evans, Mark E. Milsop (Argued), Evans, Portnoy, Quinn & O'Connor, Pittsburgh, PA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John P. Sieminski (Argued), Burns, White & Hickton, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for appellees.