Mississippi Supreme Court· 9/30/1968

State Ex Rel. Richardson v. Edgeworth

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214 So. 2d 579

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holding that, because evidence was present indicating that the decedent acted under an irresistible impulse, it was not necessary to decide whether the Tate standard applied
holding that, because evidence was present indicating that the dece dent acted under an irresistible impulse, it was not necessary to decide whether the Tate standard applied
stating that “[r]ecovery in wrongful death actions has been denied in several cases where the decedent committed suicide, on the ground that the suicide was an unforeseeable, intervening cause of death”
“the defendants’ intentional conduct is a legal cause of harm to plaintiffs if their individual acts were substantial factors in bring ing about the harm.”
highlighting several cases that took this view of suicide

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