$100,000 Settlement in Nebraska Jail Prisoner Suicide Suit

Loaded on March 15, 2011 published in Verdict1 March, 2011, page 35

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Suicides. Location: Nebraska.

Sheridan County, Nebraska has agreed to pay $100,000 to the estate of a prisoner who committed suicide while at the Sheridan County Jail.

Jay Spotted Elk hung himself with a belt in his cell after being arrested on a misdemeanor charge of failure to appear. Spotted Elk was intoxicated and ...

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