U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE.

Domino v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, 239 F.3d 752(5th Cir. 2001). A prison psychiatrist appealed the decision of a federal district court that denied his motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. The appeals court reversed and remanded, finding that the psychiatrist's incorrect diagnosis that a prisoner's suicide threat was not genuine, but...

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