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A file photo of the scene after the March 8, 2012, shooting at at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Oakland.
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a lawsuit against the doctors who failed to involuntarily commit a man who killed one person and injured others in a March 2012 shooting at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic cannot go forward.
In a 6-1 opinion, the court found that the doctors who were subject to the initial lawsuit could not be found liable under the state’s Mental Health Procedures Act because it applies only to involuntary treatment, and the physicians never took the steps necessary to have gunman John Shick committed.
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Pa. Supreme Court rejects plea by murdered cop’s widow to oust Philly DA’s office from Mumia Abu-Jamal case
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
In this July 12, 1995 file photo, Mumia Abu-Jamal leaves Philadelphia s City Hall after a hearing. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)AP
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This story has been updated with a statement from FOP Lodge #5 President John McNesby.
A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a plea by the widow of a Philadelphia police officer to have the Philly district attorney’s office removed from involvement of the widely publicized case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the man convicted of killing her husband.