Legal Opinion
Estate of Cole ex rel. Pardue v. Fromm
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 12, 1996No. 95-4087PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Before BAUER, ESCHBACH, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-Appellants estate of Max G. Cole and Lois Pardue, Cole’s mother, (“plaintiffs”) appeal from entry of summary judgment in favor of defendants. Max Cole was a pretrial detainee confined to an acute care inpatient psychiatry unit at Wishard Memorial Psychiatry Ward in Indianapolis in July, 1991. Cole committed suicide by asphyxiating himself with a plastic sanitary bag which was used to line a linen hamper in the psychiatry ward. Plaintiffs brought suit against a number of health care providers who assisted in…
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