Migliore v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “a physician may be liable for a patient’s suicide when the physician knew or reasonably should have known of the risk of suicide and the physician’s failure to render adequate care and treatment proximately causes the patient’s suicide”
• noting that suicide constitutes an independent intervening cause precluding liability in a tort claim
• noting that suicide constitutes an independent intervening cause precluding liability in a tort claim
• rejecting argument that psychiatrist liability for suicide is limited to “when patient is in the physician’s custody”
• requiring expert testimony in a medical negligence case involving a suicide
• claim maintained against internist who prescribed large dosage of anti-depressants to decedent without psychiatric evaluation or suicide assessment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).