Darling v. Augusta Mental Health Institute

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that Section 8107’s notice requirement applies to governmental employees as well as governmental entities
• distinguishing between psychiatrist’s decision concerning involuntary commitment to state mental hospital, which constitutes a discretionary function, and doctor’s negligent medical treatment of patient
• immunity applies only to government employees whose conduct is “within the scope of their employment”
• \Tort liability should not be imposed for conduct of a type for which the imposition of liability would substantially impair the effective performance of a discretionary function.\
• post-admission procedures in 34 M.R.S.A. section 2372
• explaining purpose for the rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).