Judge Permits Some Expert Testimony In Suit Over Man’s Suicide While In Custody

Mealey's (June 29, 2018, 12:06 PM EDT) -- DENVER — In a wrongful death suit alleging that police and a county jail nurse could have prevented a detainee’s suicide, a forensic psychiatrist expert is qualified to opine on the standard of care for nurses but cannot testify that the man’s death was preventable due to lack of reliability in the opinion, a Colorado federal judge ruled June 26 (Estate of Barton Grubbs, et al. v. Weld County Sheriff’s Office, et al., No. 16-cv-00714, D. Colo., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106775)....