Is a jailer liable for injuries caused by an inmate's intentional conduct?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Vargas v. Binnewies, No. 1:16-cv-01240-DAD-EPG (E.D. Cal. 2018):
injuries resulting from the prisoner's own intentional conduct." Lucas v. City of Long Beach, 60 Cal. App. 3d 341, 349 (1976). However, a jailer is not relieved of liability if the inmate's suicide "was reasonably foreseeable or the failure to foresee such act was a factor in the original negligence." Id. at 351.
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