Cook v. Roth.

• Position: Jail officials show deliberate indifference - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

PRISONER SUICIDE

Cook v. Roth, 264 F.Supp.2d 1062 (S.D.Fla. 2003). In an action that alleged deliberate indifference by jail officials to an inmate's risk of suicide, officials moved to exclude expert witness testimony and to preclude any reference to other suicides at the jail. The district court held that the expert would be precluded from testifying regarding the adequacy of the jail's screening methods that were intended to identify inmates' suicidal tendencies. According to the court, weaknesses in a jail's screening...