BROCK, C.J.
This interlocutory transfer without ruling from the Superior Court (McGuire, J.) presents the question of whether a jailer having physical custody and control over a prisoner may be liable in tort for injuries sustained by that prisoner in his attempt to commit suicide. We hold that a jailer may be liable if the jailer's reckless conduct proximately causes injury to the prisoner.
In December 1989, the plaintiff, John R. Murdock, was arrested...
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