Opinion ID: 70774
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The State Wrongful Death Claim

Text: 13 Under Alabama law, foreseeability of a decedent's suicide is legally significant only if the deceased had a history of suicidal proclivities, or manifested suicidal proclivities in the presence of the defendant, or was admitted to the facility of the defendant because of a suicide attempt. Popham v. City of Talladega, 582 So.2d 541 (Ala.1991). The plaintiff offered no evidence in the present case of a suicidal history, nor was the decedent admitted to Lee County Jail or EAMC because of a suicide attempt. Moreover, for the reasons stated above in regard to the Section 1983 claim, there was insufficient evidence offered to permit a jury to find that Williams' suicide was foreseeable, based on any notice to the sheriff's officers or any manifestation of suicidal tendencies in the presence of defendants. Summary judgment was appropriate on this claim.