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State Hospital Has Duty to Prevent Harm From Escape Attempt  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 08, Number 06, March/April 2007 , pp.88-88(1)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

Mississippi Supreme Court reviews the issue of whether East Mississippi owed a duty to prevent a patient from harming herself by attempting escape from a third-floor window, and, if so, whether that duty was breached.

Keywords: Mississippi Dept. of Mental Health v. Hall, 936 So.2d 917

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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