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Select List of Resolved Cases Involving Mental Health Conditions …

(1 days ago) WEBKaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc., a managed health care provider (part of Kaiser Permanente organization) agreed to pay $130,000 to settle this ADA lawsuit in …

https://www.eeoc.gov/select-list-resolved-cases-involving-mental-health-conditions-under-ada-may-2022

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Mental Illness and Supreme Court: Case Summaries : Mental Illness

(1 days ago) WEBSUPREME COURT MENTAL HEALTH PRECEDENT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS (9/09) By Mary Ann Bernard, J.D. University of Chicago 1978 Cal. Bar # …

https://mentalillnesspolicy.org/legal/mental-illness-supreme-court.html

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Kahler v. Kansas :: 589 U.S. ___ (2020) - Justia US Supreme Court …

(6 days ago) WEBIn none of the common-law cases was the judge’s reference to the defendant’s capacity for moral agency simply a proxy for the narrow modern notion of mens rea. See ante, at 17. …

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/589/18-6135/

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Landmark Case List - American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

(1 days ago) WEBAmerican Academy of Psychiatry and the Law is an organization of psychiatrists dedicated to excellence in practice, teaching, and research in forensic psychiatry Commissioner …

https://aapl.org/landmark-cases

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How Does Law Support Compassionate Mental Health …

(Just Now) WEBCompassion has long been a bulwark of mental health law. Civil commitment, guardianship, mandated clinical intervention, diversion courts, involuntary medication, insanity defenses, and aid-in-sentencing …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-does-law-support-compassionate-mental-health-practice/2021-04

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Legal Standard for Warrantless Mental Health Seizure

(4 days ago) WEBFourth Amendment Requires Probable Cause of Dangerousness for Warrantless Mental Health Seizure. In Graham v.Barnette, 5 F.4th 872 (8th Cir. 2021), …

https://jaapl.org/content/50/4/638

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Palakovic v. Wetzel - Harvard Law Review

(2 days ago) WEBToday, tens of thousands of Americans with serious mental illness live in tiny concrete cells 1 — alone and largely forgotten. 2 They have almost no engagement with …

https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-131/palakovic-v-wetzel/

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PTSD and Trauma as Mitigating Factors in Sentencing in Capital …

(8 days ago) WEBCase Law Analysis. In the intervening decade since Porter, our research indicates that courts have been reluctant to expand scrutiny of trial counsel’s …

https://jaapl.org/content/early/2021/11/17/JAAPL.210052-21

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Mental Health Rights Mental Health America

(1 days ago) WEBAs an organization, MHA is committed to the principles of human and civil rights inherent to the concept of equal justice under the law. This includes the rights of persons with …

https://mhanational.org/issues/mental-health-rights

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Hubbard v New York State Off. of Mental Health, Cent. N.Y

(1 days ago) WEBHubbard v New York State Off. of Mental Health, Cent. N.Y. Psychiatric Ctr. 2021 NY Slip Op 01661 Decided on March 19, 2021 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published …

https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/appellate-division-fourth-department/2021/1050-ca-19-01135.html

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10 Ways Psychology Changed American Law

(8 days ago) WEBMcCready brought an antitrust class action suit against the insurance company, arguing that limiting the plan’s mental health coverage to treatment by …

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/12/cover-courts

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New Ruling Examines Emotional Distress Damages In Employment …

(9 days ago) WEBAccording to the judge in the Gross-Quattrone case, a party's mental condition is in by Andrew Dwyer of The Dwyer Law Firm LLC. access to an …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericbachman/2022/02/16/new-ruling-examines-emotional-distress-damages-in-employment-cases/

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21 - Major Legal Cases That Have Influenced Mental Health Ethics

(Just Now) WEBMajor Legal Cases That Have Influenced Mental Health Ethics; By G. Andrew H. Benjamin, Connie J. Beck; Edited by Mark M. Leach, University of Louisville, Kentucky, Elizabeth …

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-handbook-of-applied-psychological-ethics/major-legal-cases-that-have-influenced-mental-health-ethics/B30BD0B2ED05DA158CEBBDEB9FA8559F

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NJ involuntary commitment law alarms mental health advocates

(8 days ago) WEBNorthJersey.com. 0:00. 1:55. People experiencing mental health crises could face longer involuntary commitment times in hospitals and emergency …

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2023/08/22/new-jersey-mental-health-crisis-law-alarms-social-service-groups-involuntary-confinement-hospitals/70623537007/

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Court case over fatal car crash raises issues of mental health and

(3 days ago) WEBFILE - The Nathan Deal Judicial Center, home of Georgia’s Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, is seen, Feb. 11, 2020, in Atlanta. No one disputes that Michelle …

https://apnews.com/article/car-crash-insanity-defense-michelle-wierson-a03a29c9fbfb5749ba917446996c23a7

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Mental Health and Criminal Justice Issues

(6 days ago) WEBThe issues faced by individuals with mental health conditions is particularly profound in terms of variations of the insanity defense and the use of the death penalty for …

https://www.mhanational.org/issues/mental-health-and-criminal-justice-issues

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Ninth Circuit Reverses Claims Dismissal in MHPAEA Case

(1 days ago) WEBThe case provides useful guidance for future litigants bringing claims under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) and the …

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/mental-health-parity-recent-ninth-circuit-ruling-bolsters-mhpaea-and-erisa

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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

(4 days ago) WEBDecember 8, 2022 – The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law commends the U.S. Department of Education’s investigation and findings of disability discrimination by, and …

https://www.bazelon.org/

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Family Law, Criminal Law & Cases Involving Mental Health Issues

(1 days ago) WEBMental health is very important in family law cases. Mental health issues can impact how a court decides on divorce, child custody, child support, property distribution, spousal …

https://wblaws.com/mental-health-law/criminal-law-involving-mental-health-issues/

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Mental Health and Well-Being Challenges in Law Firms

(1 days ago) WEBOther major contributors to mental health and substance abuse challenges in the legal profession are: High-stress, high-pressure work environments. Difficult work. …

https://www.reuters.com/practical-law-the-journal/legalindustry/mental-health-well-being-challenges-law-firms-2023-03-01/

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Malpractice Law and Psychiatry: An Overview FOCUS

(6 days ago) WEBIn cases alleging damages from egregious actions on behalf of the mental anguish, aggravation of a preexisting mental condition, and a loss of enjoyment of life. …

https://focus.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.focus.20190017

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N.Y. Prisons Holding Mentally Ill People in Solitary, Lawsuit Says

(Just Now) WEBA complaint filed by the Legal Aid Society and others accuses the state prison system of holding mentally ill and disabled people in isolation despite a law against the …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/nyregion/ny-prisons-solitary-confinement.html

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Systems Advocacy - The Official Web Site for The State of …

(2 days ago) WEBCommunity Health Law Project 4 Commerce Place Mount Holly, NJ 08060 (609) 261-3453 Community Health Law Project 35 Journal Square, Suite 827 Jersey City, NJ 07306 …

https://www.nj.gov/humanservices/dmhas/resources/services/treatment/mental_health/Systems_Advocacy.pdf

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Parents with Mental Illness and Child Custody Issues

(9 days ago) WEBSome state laws cite mental illness as a condition that can lead to loss of custody or parental rights. Thus, parents with mental illness often avoid seeking mental …

https://www.healthyplace.com/parenting/parents-with-mental-illness/parents-with-mental-illness-and-child-custody-issues

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Adult Probation Supervision NJ Courts

(9 days ago) WEBBehavioral Health Resources *In case of emergency: If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, call 911 right away. This list of Emergency Crisis …

https://www.njcourts.gov/courts/adult-probation-supervision

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Court case over fatal car crash raises issues of mental health and

(5 days ago) WEBWierson’s lawyers contend that the state’s arguments are inconsistent with Georgia case law, arguing in a brief that the state “must still prove that the driver’s …

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/court-case-over-fatal-car-crash-raises-issues-of-mental-health-and-criminal-liability/

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36% of Lawyers Have a Drinking Problem: Attorney Mental Health …

(2 days ago) WEBMental Health-Related Deaths. Ford is not alone. In South Florida, high-profile Miami lawyer Ervin Gonzalez was found dead in his Coral Gables home in 2017, …

https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2024/04/30/36-of-lawyers-have-a-drinking-problem-attorney-mental-health/

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Case: Health Care & Benefits/Benefits Denial (D. Utah)

(9 days ago) WEBThe court granted Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, Slalom LLC Healthcare Benefit Plan, and The Tides Foundation Health & Welfare Plan’s motions to …

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-benefits/case-health-care-benefits-benefits-denial-d-utah-35

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Murder charges against 5 deputies dropped in death of Irvo Otieno

(5 days ago) WEBMurder charges against five sheriff's deputies in the death of Irvo Otieno at a Virginia mental health hospital last year have been dropped as his family expressed …

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/05/06/charges-dropped-five-deputies-Irvo-Otieno-death/8831715033874/

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