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Where a harassment prevention order was extended pursuant to G.L.c. 258E, a reversal is warranted because the record fails to support a finding that the defendant engaged in at least three separate acts directed at the plaintiffs that were intended to, and did, cause the plaintiffs fear, intimidation, abuse, or damage to property. “The defendant,
Where a jury found that a petitioner remained sexually dangerous, that verdict should be upheld despite the petitioner’s argument that evidence of his refusal to participate in sex offender treatment was presented to the jury in violation of Commonwealth v. Hunt, 462 Mass. 807 (2012). “Eli Pariseau appeals from a judgment continuing his civil commitment
Where a defendant hospital has been sued over its petition to seek temporary involuntary hospitalization of a plaintiff, the hospital’s special motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute (G.L.c. 231, §59H) should be denied because (1) the plaintiff is not complaining solely about the hospital’s petitioning activity but also about the hospital’s
Where a judge involuntarily committed a respondent to Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center, the commitment order should be affirmed based on evidence that the respondent’s judgment was so affected by his mental illness that he posed a very substantial risk of harm to himself by his inability to protect himself in the community. “…
AUSTIN - A medical malpractice case over the alleged delayed treatment of a rattlesnake bite is currently before the Texas Supreme Court and has attracted the attention of several health care associations, including the Texas Alliance for Patient Access.