1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.3d
  4. 26 P.3d
  5. 26 P.3d 459 (2001)
 

JOSEPH v. STATE

No. S-8518.

26 P.3d 459 (2001)

Joe JOSEPH and Judith Joseph, as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Rudolph Joseph, Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.R. Kennelly and Michael A. Stepovich, Stepovich, Kennelly & Stepovich, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellants.

Richard Keck, Assistant Attorney General, Fairbanks, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A jailer owes its prisoners the duty of reasonable care to protect them from reasonably foreseeable harm, including self-inflicted harm. Rudolph Joseph committed suicide while he was imprisoned in a state jail. Was it error to require the jury in the resulting wrongful death case to excuse the state from its duty of reasonable care if the jury found that Joseph's suicide was intentional?...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases