Plaintiff's intestate committed suicide on May 4, 1983 while confined in the Schoharie County Jail. This action for wrongful death and for conscious pain and suffering was commenced on June 21, 1984. Defendants Stoddard, Flanigan and Hulbert now move to dismiss plaintiff's complaint alleging that the causes of action, as to them, are time barred by CPLR 215 (1) which reads as follows:
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