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0455 Under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a plaintiff has a protected liberty interest in the companionship of a close family member, but interference with this interest does not lead to liability unless it resulted from "deliberate indifference;" in the case of a jail suicide, this requires the plaintiff to prove that there was a high risk that the decedent would commit suicide, and defendant knew of the risk or it was so obvious that the lay person would easily have recognized it, and defendant failed to take reasonable measures.
IRWIN v CITY OF HEMET (Jail Suicide) 22 CA4 507 [See: Daniels v Williams 474 US 327; US Const Am 4, 8, 14]
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