Legal Opinion
Karen Jutzi-Johnson, as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Johnson, Deceased v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 4, 2001No. 00-2411PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Robert Johnson hanged himself in his cell in the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the federal jail in Chicago, where he had been held for six months awaiting trial for extortion. His estate brought this suit for damages against the United States under the Federal Torts Claim Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80, charging that the jail was negligent in failing to identify him as a suicide risk and take suitable preventive measures. The Act incorporates local law, id., § 1346(b), and so the question is the liability of the United States under the principles of Illinois tort…
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