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New York Psychiatric Malpractice Case Alleging Improper Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment Is Settled

June 15, 2021

Sixty-two-year-old New York resident Chris Muth, known as the “Cat Man,” has reportedly settled his wrongful psychiatric commitment lawsuit for six figures arising out of his six-day stay in a hospital psychiatric ward in July 2008 after he told the police that a cat was trapped behind t[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Affirms Mental Health Provider’s Liability For Psychiatric Patient’s Harm To Others

August 27, 2020

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Western District (“Pennsylvania Supreme Court”), in its Opinion filed on July 21, 2020, stated: “We consider the duty of mental health treatment providers to warn individuals who may be the subject of their patient’s threats. In the present appea[...]

South Carolina Lawsuit Alleges Improper Restraint Of Psychiatric Patient Caused His Suffocation Death

November 27, 2019

On October 21, 2019, a Notice of Intent to File Suit was filed against the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, a psychiatric hospital, and others, alleging that “[s]everal facility staff members grabbed William from behind and threw him to the floor by his head and neck. As William lay[...]

Maine Psychiatric Hospital Sued By Pregnant Worker Stabbed By Patient

May 24, 2014

A 27-year-old female Maine mental health worker filed a federal lawsuit on May 19, 2014 for the injuries she suffered on March 16, 2013 when she was repeatedly stabbed by a patient who was known to the facility to be violent, alleging that her employer failed to protect her. The plaintiff was 18 wee[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Finds Hospital Owed Duty To Pysch. Patient Who Left The Hospital ER And Jumped From A Bridge

July 5, 2013

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“the Appellate Court”) rendered its written opinion on June 27, 2013 in a case that held that the trial judge in a Maryland medical malpractice claim against a Baltimore hospital alleging serious injuries suffered by a patient with psychiat[...]

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New York Psychiatric Malpractice Case Alleging Improper Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment Is Settled

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Affirms Mental Health Provider’s Liability For Psychiatric Patient’s Harm To Others

South Carolina Lawsuit Alleges Improper Restraint Of Psychiatric Patient Caused His Suffocation Death

Maine Psychiatric Hospital Sued By Pregnant Worker Stabbed By Patient

Maryland Appellate Court Finds Hospital Owed Duty To Pysch. Patient Who Left The Hospital ER And Jumped From A Bridge

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