Quinones v. Metropolitan Dade County

In this wrongful death action filed against Metropolitan Dade County, the plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment entered for the defendant.

On August 5, 1974, the day following arrest of the plaintiff’s decedent on the charge of aggravated assault, at a bond hearing the court denied bond upon viewing the accused to be a danger to the public and to himself, and ordered that the accused be given a psychiatric evaluation. Five days later, on August 10,1974, before any action was taken on the order for his examination, the accused committed suicide, by hanging himself, while incarcerated in the…