Moats v. Preston County Commission

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that private corporation which contracts with a state agency to provide mental health services may not claim immunity under Governmental Tort Claims Act.
• stating that “if an appeal is taken from what is indeed the last order disposing of the last of all claims as to the last of all parties, then the appeal brings with it all prior orders”
• determining whether mental health center's negligence caused suicide `involves complicated medical issues, specifically, the manner and method of protecting someone who is suicidal,' that are not within knowledge of lay jurors
• requiring plaintiff to utilize a medical expert witness to establish that defendant deviated from the standard of care with regard to its actions during an involuntary commitment proceeding
• contrasting facts with obvious example of case that would not require expert testimony
• “[I]f an appeal is taken from what is indeed the last order disposing of the last of all claims as to the last of all parties, then the appeal brings with it all prior orders.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).