Jain v. State

NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal concerns the tragic death of Sanjay Jain, a freshman at the University of Iowa. Sanjay committed suicide in his dormitory room. His father and administrator of his estate, Uttam Jain, sued the university for wrongful death, claiming it negligently failed to exercise reasonable care and caution for Sanjay’s safety. In particular he claimed that if the university had followed its policy of notifying parents of a student’s self-destructive behavior, the suicide could have been prevented.

On the university’s motion for summary judgment, the district court dismissed…