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Wisconsin Appellate Court Affirms Contributory Negligence Finding In Mental Patient’s Suicide

June 21, 2017

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals filed its decision on May 25, 2017 that affirmed a Wisconsin medical malpractice jury’s verdict that found that a psychotic patient committed to an inpatient mental health care facility could be found contributorily negligent for his suicide. The Wisconsin medica[...]

New York Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit For Suicide Death

March 2, 2017

The New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Judicial Department (“Appellate Court”) issued a decision on February 23, 2017 in which it held that the trial court had erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant hospital attending physician and the defendant outpatient[...]

Washington Mental Hospital Settles Patient On Patient Assault Case

June 23, 2016

A Washington State mental hospital has agreed to settle a Washington medical malpractice case filed against it that alleged that it was negligent when it failed to monitor and protect a patient admitted for observation that led to his suffering a severe assault that was committed by another patient.[...]

$12M Connecticut Psychiatric Malpractice Verdict For Patient’s Suicide

May 3, 2016

On April 25, 2016, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant hospital and the defendant psychiatric advanced-practice registered nurse, holding them responsible for the suicide death of a former psychiatric patient who killed himself due to allegedly negligen[...]

Kansas Appellate Court Allows Medical Malpractice Case Involving Suicide To Proceed

April 9, 2016

In its unreported decision filed on March 18, 2016, the Court of Appeals of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Appellate Court”) reversed the dismissal of a Kansas medical malpractice case involving the suicide of a 28-year-old man who committed suicide shortly after being discharged from a st[...]

Vermont Mental Health Malpractice Lawsuit Follows Teen’s Suicide Death

March 23, 2015

On March 16, 2015, the mother of a teenage daughter who committed suicide while receiving mental health treatment in a residential facility in Vermont filed a mental health malpractice lawsuit against the Vermont mental health treatment facility, alleging that the defendant’s negligence le[...]

Louisiana Psychiatric Hospital Sued For Patient’s Stroke

June 21, 2014

A former patient at a Louisiana psychiatric hospital has sued the psychiatric hospital, a physician, and others for medical malpractice, alleging that their medical negligence resulted in the woman suffering a stroke. The psychiatric malpractice case was filed last month in Louisiana and seeks unspe[...]

Unlicensed Health Provider Operated Colorado Clinic For Nearly 30 Years

May 14, 2014

Despite at least 15 civil lawsuits and dozens of complaints to Colorado state regulators regarding a Colorado inpatient treatment center for adolescents with mental illness issues and drug abuse problems, the owner of the center was allowed to operate the facility for almost thirty years despite not[...]

Psychiatrist Malpractice Involving “Spiritual Diagnosis”

May 16, 2013

By Consent Order dated May 8, 2013, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine indefinitely suspended the medical license of a Massachusetts Board-certified psychiatrist by “engaging in conduct that places into question the [psychiatrist’s] competence to practice medicine,̶[...]

Family Of Navy Veteran Sues Virginia VA Medical Center After Her Suicide

November 16, 2012

A female Navy veteran who was discharged from active military service in 1997 and had been receiving medical care at the Hampton Veterans Medical Center in Virginia (“VA Medical Center”) since the 1990s, committed suicide on November 12, 2010 by ingesting her prescription medication Se[...]

New York Hospital Agrees To Pay $7 Million Civil Fraud Settlement

October 28, 2012

On October 24, 2012, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that a New York public hospital, Westchester Medical Center (“WMC”), through its parent corporation, has agreed to pay $7 million to settle a federal civil fraud lawsuit filed under the False Claims A[...]

Medical Malpractice In California Mental Hospitals

May 18, 2012

Five years ago, the federal government sued the State of California in order to force changes at four California state mental hospitals. The allegations included the overuse of patient restraints, the overuse of medications on patients, and poor patient safety. The lawsuit resulted in the federal [...]

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