Legal Question in Personal Injury in Ohio
My brother commited suicide while incarcerated.
He attempted suicide before his trial. He went to a local hospital psych ward. The sherriffs department removed him from the pshych ward for breaking his bond by attempting suicide. They removed him from the hospital psych ward and took him to the county jail.
He took a plea deal and went to a state correctional facility. He attempted suicide one time that we know of at that facility. Possibly more. They put him in the psych area.
He then went to another correctional facility and was put in the psych ward. We are not sure how many times he attempted in that facility, but did end up hanging himself and dying. He was left alone in his cell.
His wife and 3 little boys saw him one week before. She said he was so drugged up he could not even focus. They increased his dosage after she saw him. She things the meds drove him to it.
Additional information
They took him from a safe place against our will where he was getting psychiatric care. They put him in the psych ward where he was supposed to be safe,and they left him alone. His wife pulled up info about a suicide in January in the facilty where he commited suicide the end of July.
All of this happened in a 6 month period. He had 1 year and six months left on his sentence.
His wife and 3 minor children want to sue for mental anguish, lost income, etc.
His parents and brother and sister want to sue for mental anguish and funeral costs.
Thank you.
1 Answer from Attorneys
These are very difficult cases and depending on who had control of the prison you may not have the right to a jury trial. These cases can be won but it will not be easy. The State of Ohio has immunities from certain kinds of lawsuits filed against it. It should come as no surprise that persons who are incarcerated have even fewer rights than other Ohioans. I need much more information before making an assesment on this case. Please give me a call at 216-781-2600 if you want to talk about this in more detail.
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