Writing a ‘mental health’ policy for your firm
Is anyone in your office showing signs of an existing mental impairment or at high risk for developing an addiction? If so, what is being done to help them, to ensure that clients are not harmed and to...
View ArticleSuit claims poor care at mental hospital
An employee of a Pasadena, Calif. psychiatric hospital catering to rock stars and actors claims it provides substandard care. The Los Angeles Times says the federal suit was filed last year by a mental...
View ArticleWidow wins lawsuit over spouse’s care
A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury awarded $2.5 million to a widow who alleged her mentally impaired spouse was removed from her care based on lies motivated by greed. Read the full article from...
View ArticleSuit alleges delays in treatment of inmates
A federal suit accuses the Colorado’s Department of Human Services and the state’s mental health institute of long delays in evaluating mentally ill inmates and treating those determined unfit for...
View ArticleMental healthcare organization must pay $1 million in wrongful death
Prestera Center has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that workers at the center’s Dunbar, W.Va. inebriation shelter caused a man’s death by failing to notice that he had overdosed...
View Article$4.55 million verdict awarded against mental health agency
An Okfuskee County, Okla. jury has returned a $4.55 million verdict against a mental health agency for failing to report child abuse and general negligence, a plaintiffs lawyer said. Read the full...
View ArticleOklahoma jury awards $4.55 million in sex abuse case
An Oklahoma jury has handed down a $4.55 million verdict in a gross negligence lawsuit against a mental health counseling center and one of its employees who failed to report sexual abuse. The jury...
View ArticleWoman with dementia awarded $34 million over insurance coverage
A 90-year-old woman residing in an assisted-living facility in Billings, Mont. has won a $34.2 million judgment against her Omaha, Neb.-based insurance company for suspending payments for her dementia...
View ArticleJury says Mental Health Center partially to blame in man’s murder
A jury decided the Mental Health Center of Denver is 50 percent responsible for the murder of an Ethiopian immigrant three years ago. Read the full article from KUSA-TV: Jury says Mental Health Center...
View ArticleNevada weighs CLE requirement for substance abuse
The Nevada Supreme Court is considering a state bar proposal that would require lawyers to complete a course on substance abuse as part of their annual continuing legal education requirement. One of...
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