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Mother can’t sue state for son’s suicide 

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    • October 23, 2012

The duty to take more active anti-suicide measures arises only when the risk is imminent, the 7th Circuit has ruled, affirming summary judgment for state officials who treated a teenager who hung himself while in a youth detention facility.
A 16-year-old was admitted to the facility with a history of » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/10/23/mother-cant-sue-state-for-sons-suicide/

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