Livingston County v. Morris

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that particular circumstances of involuntary commitment proceedings may compel exception to psychologist-patient privilege even though no such exception is included in the statutory privilege
• mere conclusory statement that treating physician offers best evidence as to dangerousness is insufficient to establish necessity
• disclosure in involuntary commitment setting may be essential where psychiatrist believes patient’s mental illness created potentially serious likelihood of danger to self or others and psychiatrist’s testimony was only available source for such information
• analyzing exceptions to privilege under RSA 329:26
• privilege applies to members of treatment team
• analyzing exceptions to privilege under RSA 329:26

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).