City of Belen v. Harrell

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• holding that trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the issue whether inmate’s suicide constituted independent intervening cause or contributory negligence
• holding that where a party is in custodial care of jail and custodian has knowledge that charge may injure himself, law imposes a duty of reasonable care to protect prisoner
• the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury regarding contributory negligence in a jail suicide case
• Without citing the Restatement, the court recognizes: “[I]n the case of a jailed prisoner, the custodian has the duty to exercise reasonable and ordinary care for the protection of the life and health of the person in custody.”
• discussing suicide while in the custodial care of the defendant
• discussing suicide while in the custodial care of the defendant

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