In the early morning hours of May 4, 1983, plaintiff's decedent committed suicide by hanging himself with a bedsheet while a prisoner in the Schoharie County Jail. He had been arrested the day before for larceny and, after bail was set at $10,000, decedent was remanded to the custody of the Sheriff and lodged in the County Jail. Plaintiff, on behalf of decedent's estate, commenced this action for wrongful death and for pain and suffering. Defendant...
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