Southern Engine & Pump Co. v. Pagel Electric & Ice Co.

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• noting that section 9.39 requires a physician to make a medical decision, thereby suggesting that a physician who purports to issue a committal order based on medical concerns but in fact does so for other reasons has violated due process principles
• reversing grant of summary judgment where plaintiff had presented evidence from which a jury could find that doctors’ performances failed to meet generally accepted medical standards and therefore were plainly incompetent
• reversing summary judgment award in favor of defendants because parties' conflicting expert opinions raised a question of fact as to whether accepted medical standards viewed \suicidal ideation\ without more as a sufficient indicator of dangerousness to warrant confinement
• court cannot measure doctor's conduct against professional standards when material questions about examination remain unresolved
• “New York’s overall statutory scheme governing involuntary commitments has been held facially sufficient to meet the requirements of due process.”
• “New York’s overall statutory scheme governing involuntary commitments has been held facially sufficient to meet the requirements of due process.”

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