Liability for Suicide When Student Is Upset by Misconduct Investigation, and Resulting "Community Pressure"

Liability for Suicide When Student Is Upset by Misconduct Investigation, and Resulting "Community Pressure"

In a decision June 20 in Bruno v. Mills, R.I. Superior Court Judge Richard Licht affirmed a verdict in favor of plaintiff, whose 15-year-old son Nathan committed suicide as a result of an investigation at school. The investigation started with the son's prank calls to a teacher (Mr. Moniz) and then led into an attempt to pressure the son into disclosing the names of two accomplices. The opinion is over 26,000 words long, so here's just a very sh…