The Legal Aid Society filed a civil rights action on behalf of the estate and family of Jairo Polanco Muñoz, a 24-year-old man with a long history of serious psychiatric illness who died by suicide three days after being incarcerated in the New York City jails. Mr. Munoz was held at Rikers Island because he could not pay the $750 bail on charges for stealing a phone in a donut shop. Medical and correctional authorities ignored their own suicide prevention protocols and knowledge of his serious risks and prior suicidal behavior. After New York City agreed in principle to settle the case, there was protracted estate litigation in surrogates court, in which Skadden Arps represented Mr. Munoz’ mother pro bono.